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No apparent costs for facultative antibiotic production by the soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Garbeva Paolina, Tyc Olaf, Remus-Emsermann Mitja N P, van der Wal Annemieke, Vos Michiel, Silby Mark, de Boer Wietse
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Many soil-inhabiting bacteria are known to produce secondary metabolites that can suppress microorganisms competing for the same resources. The production of antimicrobial compounds is expected to incur fitness costs for the producing bacteria. Such costs form the basis for models on the co-existence of antibiotic-producing and non-antibiotic producing strains. However, so far studies quantifying the...
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