Kin discrimination and cooperation in microbes

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2011, Pages 349-367

  Strassmann, Joan E ^a   Gilbert, Owen M ^a   Queller, David C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Bacteriocin; Greenbeard; Kin recognition; Kin selection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; IRON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; COOPERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUITING BODY; KIN SELECTION; MICROORGANISM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; VIBRIO FISCHERI; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL COMMUNICATION; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79956089442     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.112408.134109     Document Type: Review

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