caa a22 4500 386384614 CHVBK 20180307112054.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1989 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0263593300028650 doi S0263593300028650 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0263593300028650 The evolution of ecological tolerance in prokaryotes [Elektronische Daten] The ecological ranges of Archaeobacteria and Eubacteria are constrained by a requirement for liquid water and the physico-chemical stability limits of biomolecules, but within this broad envelope, prokaryotes have evolved adaptations that permit them to tolerate a remarkable spectrum of habitats. Laboratory experiments indicate that prokaryotes can adapt rapidly to novel environmental conditions, yet geological studies suggest early diversification and long-term stasis within the prokaryotic kingdoms. These apparently contradictory perspectives can be reconciled by understanding that, in general, rates and patterns of prokaryotic evolution reflect the developmental history of the Earth's surface environments. Our understanding of modern microbial ecology provides a lens through which our accumulating knowledge of physiology, molecular phylogeny and the Earth's history can be integrated and focussed on the phenomenon of prokaryotic evolution. Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1989 Archaean nationallicence cyanobacteria nationallicence Proterozoic nationallicence Knoll Andrew H. Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A. Bauld John Division of Continental Geology, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation 80/3-4(1989), 209-223 0263-5933 80:3-4<209 1989 80 TRE https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263593300028650 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263593300028650 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Knoll Andrew H. Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bauld John Division of Continental Geology, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation 80/3-4(1989), 209-223 0263-5933 80:3-4<209 1989 80 TRE CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge