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Exploring the sociobiology of pyoverdin-producing Pseudomonas.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2013
Zhang Xue-Xian, Rainey Paul B
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The idea that bacteria are social is a popular concept with implications for understanding the ecology and evolution of microbes. The view arises predominately from reasoning regarding extracellular products, which, it has been argued, can be considered "public goods." Among the best studied is pyoverdin-a diffusible iron-chelating agent produced by bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas. Here we report the de novo...
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