Evolution of organismal stoichiometry in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Turner, Caroline B ^a,c   Wade, Brian D ^a   Meyer, Justin R ^d   Sommerfeld, Brooke A ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon limitation; Escherichia coli; Experimental evolution; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025689727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170497     Document Type: Article

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