Microbial Communication, Cooperation and Cheating: Quorum Sensing Drives the Evolution of Cooperation in Bacteria
An increasing body of empirical evidence suggests that cooperation among clone-mates is common in bacteria. Bacterial cooperation may take the form of the excretion of “public goods”: exoproducts such as virulence factors, exoenzymes or components of the matrix in biofilms, to yield significant bene...
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| Format: | Online |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722019/ |