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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-06-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27783-6 |