Developmental cheating in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6778, 2000, Pages 598-601

  Velicer, Gregory J ^a,b   Kroos, Lee ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEATING BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL DIVISION; MUTATION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034611798     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35007066     Document Type: Article

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