Microbial flexibility

Metabolic Flexibility as a Major Predictor of Spatial Distribution in Microbial Communities

A better understand the ecology of microbes and their role in the global ecosystem could be achieved if traditional ecological theories can be applied to microbes. In ecology organisms are defined as specialists or generalists according to the breadth of their niche. Spatial distribution is often used as a proxy measure of niche breadth; generalists have broad niches and a wide spatial distribu...

Metagenome analysis of an extreme microbial symbiosis reveals eurythermal adaptation and metabolic flexibility.

Hydrothermal vent ecosystems support diverse life forms, many of which rely on symbiotic associations to perform functions integral to survival in these extreme physicochemical environments. Epsilonproteobacteria, found free-living and in intimate associations with vent invertebrates, are the predominant vent-associated microorganisms. The vent-associated polychaete worm, Alvinella pompejana, i...

Approaching structural flexibility with flexibility

Three-dimensional electron microscopy (3D-EM) is a powerful technology for imaging macromolecular complexes. Through a process known as singleparticle reconstruction, tens of thousands of separate images of a complex of interest are used to arrive at a single resolved structure. Although this method works sufficiently well for rigid macromolecular complexes, conformationally flexible complexes ...

Flexibility.

The information presented in this article is intended to make the reader aware of the most current research on the topic of flexibility and to make some practical suggestions for planning effective programs for developing flexibility in athletes. Though additional research needs to be done, we have enough knowledge to plan sound programs for reducing the incidence of injury and for promoting op...

Wage flexibility