Biofilms promote altruism

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2751-2760

  Kreft, Jan Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4444233112     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26829-0     Document Type: Article

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