Density-Dependent Recycling Promotes the Long-Term Survival of Bacterial Populations during Periods of Starvation
The amount of natural resources in the Earth’s environment is in flux, which can trigger catastrophic collapses of ecosystems. How populations survive under nutrient-poor conditions is a central question in ecology. Curiously, some bacteria persist for a long time in nutrient-poor environments. Alth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-02-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/1/e02336-16 |