Trade-offs between efficiency and robustness in bacterial metabolic networks are associated with niche breadth

TY - JOUR

T1 - Trade-offs between efficiency and robustness in bacterial metabolic networks are associated with niche breadth

AU - Morine, Melissa J.

AU - Gu, Hong

AU - Myers, Ransom A.

AU - Bielawski, Joseph P.

N1 - Funding Information: We thank Hongwu Ma and An-Ping Zeng for providing their metabolic database and Robert Guimera for use of the program for determining modularity as well as useful suggestions for optimizing the implementation of the program. We thank the anonymous referees for constructive comments. This work was supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to J. P. B. and H. G.; a grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation to J. P. B.; and a grant from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation to M. J. M.

PY - 2009/5

Y1 - 2009/5

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U2 - 10.1007/s00239-009-9226-5

DO - 10.1007/s00239-009-9226-5

M3 - Article

C2 - 19365645

AN - SCOPUS:67349255256

SN - 0022-2844

VL - 68

SP - 506

EP - 515

JO - Journal of Molecular Evolution

JF - Journal of Molecular Evolution

IS - 5

ER -