The lost world of Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, a relictual bacterial niche in a desert oasis

Barriers to microbial migrations can lead adaptive radiations and increased endemism. We propose that extreme unbalanced nutrient stoichiometry of essential nutrients can be a barrier to microbial immigration over geological timescales. At the oasis in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in Mexico, nutrient s...

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Main Authors: Valeria Souza, Alejandra Moreno-Letelier, Michael Travisano, Luis David Alcaraz, Gabriela Olmedo, Luis Enrique Eguiarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-11-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/38278