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Covariability of Vibrio cholerae Microdiversity and Environmental Parameters ^,

Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 E. Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland 21202,¹ Center of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland Institute of Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, Maryland 20742,² National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 113 Phahonyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand,³ Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan⁴

Received 18 September 2007/ Accepted 22 February 2008

Fine-scale diversity of natural bacterial assemblages has been attributed to neutral radiation because correspondence between bacterial phylogenetic signals in the natural environment and environmental parameters had not been detected. Evidence that such correspondence occurs is provided for Vibrio cholerae, establishing a critical role for environmental parameters in bacterial diversity.

Published ahead of print on 29 February 2008.

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