De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors

Biofilms are social entities where bacteria live in tightly packed agglomerations, surrounded by self-secreted exopolymers. Since production of exopolymers is costly and potentially exploitable by non-producers, mechanisms that prevent invasion of non-producing mutants are hypothesized. Here we stud...

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Autores principales: Martin, Marivic, Dragoš, Anna, Hölscher, Theresa, Maróti, Gergely, Bálint, Balázs, Westermann, Martin, Kovács, Ákos T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15127

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28462927
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15127

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