Trade-off between bile resistance and nutritional competence drives Escherichia coli diversification in the mouse gut.
Bacterial diversification is often observed, but underlying mechanisms are difficult to disentangle and remain generally unknown. Moreover, controlled diversification experiments in ecologically relevant environments are lacking. We studied bacterial diversification in the mammalian gut, one of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-06-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3116916?pdf=render |