Bet-hedging in bacteriocin producing Escherichia coli populations: the single cell perspective.

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Production of public goods in biological systems is often a collaborative effort that may be detrimental to the producers. It is therefore sustainable only if a small fraction of the population shoulders the cost while the majority reap the benefits. We modelled this scenario using Escherichia coli populations producing colicins, an antibiotic that kills producer cells' close relatives. Colicin expression is a...

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