The sociobiology of biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 206-224

  Nadell, Carey D ^b   Xavier, Joao B ^a   Foster, Kevin R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Collective behavior; Cooperation; Self organization; Social evolution

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYMER;

ALTRUISM; BIOFILM; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRATIFICATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 57549114267     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00150.x     Document Type: Review

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