Nature Communications (May 2020)

Global radiation in a rare biosphere soil diatom

  • Eveline Pinseel,
  • Steven B. Janssens,
  • Elie Verleyen,
  • Pieter Vanormelingen,
  • Tyler J. Kohler,
  • Elisabeth M. Biersma,
  • Koen Sabbe,
  • Bart Van de Vijver,
  • Wim Vyverman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16181-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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It is generally thought many microbes, owing to their ubiquity and dispersal capability, lack biogeographic structuring and clear speciation patterns compared to macroorganisms. However, Pinseel et al. demonstrate multiple cycles of colonization and diversification in Pinnularia borealis, a rare biosphere soil diatom.