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An enormous potential for niche construction through bacterial cross-feeding in a homogeneous environment

Microorganisms modify their environment by excreting by-products of metabolism, which can create new ecological niches that can help microbial populations diversify. A striking example comes from experimental evolution of genetically identical Escherichia coli populations that are grown in a homogen...

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Autores principales: San Roman, Magdalena, Wagner, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6080805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30040834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006340