Social evolution theory for microorganisms

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 597-607

  West, Stuart A ^a   Griffin, Ashleigh S ^a   Gardner, Andy ^a,b   Diggle, Stephen P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMMENSALISM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33747160179     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1461     Document Type: Review

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