Resource Availability and Competition Shape the Evolution of Survival and Growth Ability in a Bacterial Community

Minna Pekkonen; Tarmo Ketola; Jouni T. Laakso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076471

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Resource Availability and Competition Shape the Evolution of Survival and Growth Ability in a Bacterial Community

Minna Pekkonen ,

* E-mail: minna.pekkonen@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Integrative Ecology Unit, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Tarmo Ketola,

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Jouni T. Laakso

Affiliations Integrative Ecology Unit, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Resource Availability and Competition Shape the Evolution of Survival and Growth Ability in a Bacterial Community

Minna Pekkonen,
Tarmo Ketola,
Jouni T. Laakso

Published: September 30, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076471

About the Authors

Minna Pekkonen

* E-mail: minna.pekkonen@helsinki.fi

Affiliation Integrative Ecology Unit, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Tarmo Ketola

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Jouni T. Laakso

Affiliations Integrative Ecology Unit, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP JL. Performed the experiments: MP. Analyzed the data: MP TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL. Wrote the manuscript: MP TK JL.

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