The evolution of restraint in bacterial biofilms under nontransitive competition

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 538-548

  Prado, Federico ^a   Kerr, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Bacteriocin; Biofilms; Colicin; Competitive restraint; Nontransitivity; Rock paper scissors; Survival of the weakest

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; COLICIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOLUTION; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; COLICINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40449128501     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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