An Economic Framework of Microbial Trade

A large fraction of microbial life on earth exists in complex communities where metabolic exchange is vital. Microbes trade essential resources to promote their own growth in an analogous way to countries that exchange goods in modern economic markets. Inspired by these similarities, we developed a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tasoff, Joshua, Mee, Michael T., Wang, Harris H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4519184/