Evidence for ecological flexibility in the cosmopolitan genus Curtobacterium

Assigning ecological roles to bacterial taxa remains imperative to understanding how microbial communities will respond to changing environmental conditions. Here we analyze the genus Curtobacterium as it was found to be the most abundant taxon in a leaf litter community in southern California. Trad...

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Main Authors: Alexander Bennett Chase, Philip Arevalo, Martin F. Polz, Renaud Berlemont, Jennifer B.H. Martiny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874/full