2010
Ecology of Speciation in the Genus Bacillus
Connor N, Sikorski J, Rooney A, Kopac S, Koeppel A, Burger A, Cole S, Perry E, Krizanc D, Field N, Slaton M, Cohan F. Ecology of Speciation in the Genus Bacillus. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2010, 76: 1349-1358. PMID: 20048064, PMCID: PMC2832372, DOI: 10.1128/aem.01988-09.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEcotype SimulationSoil textureEvolutionary historyEcology of speciationClade's evolutionary historyB. subtilisDNA sequence diversityPutative ecotypesEcological divergenceDivergent lineagesMicrobial ecologistsEcological changesEcological diversityEcological differencesEcological dimensionsEcotype differencesSequence diversityTemperature adaptationGenus BacillusSolar exposureCladeEcotypesEnvironmental parametersBacterial populationsTaxa
2007
A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity
Cohan F, Perry E. A Systematics for Discovering the Fundamental Units of Bacterial Diversity. Current Biology 2007, 17: r373-r386. PMID: 17502094, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial diversityHistory of coexistenceBacterial evolutionBacterial systematistsMicrobial worldSpecies unitsBacterial systematicsEvolutionary dynamicsDNA sequencesBiological diversityFundamental unitTremendous diversitySequence clustersBacterial speciesEvolutionary propertiesEvolutionary theoryMolecular techniquesDiversitySpeciesSystematistsDistinct groupsSystematicsPlantsSequenceMicrobiologists