Generalist species drive microbial dispersion and evolution

Microbes adapting to broad and specialized ranges of environments (generalists and specialists) have distinct ecological roles and properties. Via meta-analysis of community sequencing datasets, Sriswasdi et al. show that generalists have higher speciation rates and persistence advantage over specia...

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Main Authors: Sira Sriswasdi, Ching-chia Yang, Wataru Iwasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01265-1