The evolution of bacteriocin production in bacterial biofilms

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bucci, Vanni ^a   Nadell, Carey D ^b   Xavier, João B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Bacteriocins; Biodiversity; Microbiome; Social evolution; Spite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIOCINS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 81355163495     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662668     Document Type: Article

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