Research Article
New Insights into the Effects of Several Environmental Parameters on the Relative Fitness of a Numerically Dominant Class of Evolved Niche Specialist
Table 1
Wrinkly Spreader biofilm characteristics in modified microcosms.
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Microcosms were incubated for 3 days before assay. Relative means ± SE are shown (). The reference microcosms for the oil-overlay and reduced-nutrient assays were provided by the standard microcosms. The reference microcosms for the altered A-L interface shape assays were provided by the concave microcosms. Comparisons of relative means were by assay and treatment. For the oil-overlay and reduced-nutrient experiments, means not linked by the same letter are significantly different (TK-HSD, ). For the A-L interface shape experiment, means which are significantly different are indicated by (-test, ). |