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Volcanic calderas delineate biogeographic provinces among Yellowstone thermophiles.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Takacs-Vesbach Cristina, Mitchell Kendra, Jackson-Weaver Olan, Reysenbach Anna-Louise
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It has been suggested that the distribution of microorganisms should be cosmopolitan because of their enormous capacity for dispersal. However, recent studies have revealed that geographically isolated microbial populations do exist. Geographic distance as a barrier to dispersal is most often invoked to explain these distributions. Here we show that unique and diverse sequences of the bacterial genus...
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