Adaptive Evolution of Phosphorus Metabolism in Prochlorococcus

Microbes are known to employ three basic strategies to compete for limiting elemental resources: (i) cell quotas may be adjusted by alterations to cell physiology or by substitution of a more plentiful resource, (ii) stressed cells may synthesize high-affinity transporters, and (iii) cells may acces...

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Main Authors: Casey, John R., Mardinoglu, Adil, Nielsen, Jens, Karl, David M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5111396/