Generalist species drive microbial dispersion and evolution
Microbes adapting to broad and specialized ranges of environments (generalists and specialists) have distinct ecological roles and properties. Via meta-analysis of community sequencing datasets, Sriswasdi et al. show that generalists have higher speciation rates and persistence advantage over specia...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-10-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01265-1 |