Thinking about bacterial populations as multicellular organisms

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue , 1998, Pages 81-104

  Shapiro, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive benefits of multicellularity; Cellular differentiation; Coordinated multicellular behavior; Intercellular communication; Metabolic coordination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; REVIEW; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEUS; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SERRATIA;

EID: 0031725610     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.52.1.81     Document Type: Review

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