Phenotypic heterogeneity is a selected trait in natural yeast populations subject to environmental stress

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1729-1740

  Holland, Sara L ^a   Reader, Tom ^a   Dyer, Paul S ^a   Avery, Simon V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; POLLUTANT;

ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; IC50; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; YEAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COPPER; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YEASTS;

EID: 85028142271     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12243     Document Type: Article

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