Community structure follows simple assembly rules in microbial microcosms

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Friedman, Jonathan ^a   Higgins, Logan M ^a   Gore, Jeff ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 85020218190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0109     Document Type: Article

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