Dispersal-competition tradeoff in microbiomes in the quest for land colonization

Abstract Ancestor microbes started colonizing inland habitats approximately 2.7 to 3.5 billion years ago. With some exceptions, the key physiological adaptations of microbiomes associated with marine-to-land transitions have remained elusive. This is essentially caused by the lack of suitable system...

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Main Authors: Francisco Dini-Andreote, Jan Dirk van Elsas, Han Olff, Joana Falcão Salles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27783-6