A genetic analysis of the physiological basis of microbial evolution during prolonged starvation
By: a thesis presented by Erik Ross Zinser
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Subjects: Microorganisms; Evolution; Microbial genetics
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D., Division of Medical Sciences (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics))--Harvard University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Includes two offprints :; title: Mutations enhancing amino acid catabolism confer a growth advantage in stationary phase  -- Erik R. Zinser and Roberto Kolter -- (Journal of bacteriology, v.181:18, September 1999, pp. 5800-5807); title: Prolonged stationary-phase incubation selects for lrp mutations in Escherichia coli K-12 -- Erik R. Zinser and Roberto Kolter-- (Journal of bacteriology, v.182:15, August 2000, pp. 4361-4365)