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Evolution of exploitative interactions during diversification in Bacillus subtilis biofilms.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Dec 2017
Dragoš Anna, Lakshmanan Nivedha, Martin Marivic, Horváth Balázs, Maróti Gergely, Falcón García Carolina, Lieleg Oliver, Kovács Ákos T
Abstract excerpt
Microbial biofilms are tightly packed, heterogeneous structures that serve as arenas for social interactions. Studies on Gram negative models reveal that during evolution in structured environments like biofilms, isogenic populations commonly diversify into phenotypically and genetically distinct...
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