Phenotyping Thermal Responses of Yeasts and Yeast-like Microorganisms at the Individual and Population Levels: Proof-of-Concept, Development and Application of an Experimental Framework to a Plant Pathogen

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 42-56

  Boixel, Anne Lise ^a   Delestre, Ghislain ^a   Legeay, Jean ^a   Chelle, Michaël ^a   Suffert, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity metrics; Phenotyping; Responses to temperature; Thermal performance curve; Yeast like microorganisms; Zymoseptoria tritici

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASCOMYCETES; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; WHEAT; YEAST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; TRITICUM; YEASTS;

EID: 85054498921     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1253-6     Document Type: Article

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