Microbial Population Biology

Open access blog network of courses focused on the population biology of bacteria and viruses

Entries from February 9th, 2010

Current and future posts, in light of the Species Question

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · General

I hope you left today feeling more at ease with what bacterial species are, although we’re certainly not done with the question. A reminder that for this week, you were to post on the Hanage et al paper on Neisseria species definitions (with MLST), very broadly stating “what the bacterial species concept means to you.” [...]

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Your first biogeography blog

February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · General

Now that you’ve read and understood the Whitaker et al paper (link here) on Sulfolobus biogeography, please address the following for Tuesday 2/7: 1) How do their results relate to (or complicate) the Baas-Becking hypothesis (everything is everywhere, the environment selects)? 2) What else do you wish that they (or you) would do with this [...]

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Your feeds are live

February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · General

Hi gang, check your feeds, live –> (seriously, please let me know if your blog isn’t loading)

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