Social strife in the microbial world

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 330-337

  Velicer, Gregory J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; AMOEBA; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; MOULD; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; VIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCALES; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0038347102     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00152-5     Document Type: Review

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