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Microbial population dynamics and evolutionary outcomes under extreme energy limitation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Aug 2021
Shoemaker William R, Jones Stuart E, Muscarella Mario E, Behringer Megan G, Lehmkuhl Brent K, Lennon Jay T
Abstract excerpt
Microorganisms commonly inhabit energy-limited ecosystems where cellular maintenance and reproduction is highly constrained. To gain insight into how individuals persist under such conditions, we derived demographic parameters from a collection of 21 heterotrophic bacterial taxa by censusing 100 populations in an effectively closed system for 1,000 d. All but one taxon survived prolonged resource scarcity,...
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