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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2018-11-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/38278 |