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De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors.
Nature communications - 2 May 2017
Martin Marivic, Dragoš Anna, Hölscher Theresa, Maróti Gergely, Bálint Balázs, Westermann Martin, Kovács Ákos T
Abstract excerpt
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 study long-term dynamics and evolution in Bacillus subtilis biofilm populations consisting of wild-type (WT) matrix...
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