Social Conflict in Centimeter-and Global-Scale Populations of the Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1763-1767

  Vos, Michiel ^a   Velicer, Gregory J ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 70350517259     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.061     Document Type: Article

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