Kin selection, quorum sensing and virulence in pathogenic bacteria

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1742, 2012, Pages 3584-3588

  Rumbaugh, Kendra P ^a   Trivedi, Urvish ^a   Watters, Chase ^a   Burton Chellew, Maxwell N ^b   Diggle, Stephen P ^c   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cheat; Communication; Inclusive fitness; Signalling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; KIN SELECTION; RELATEDNESS; SIGNAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

EID: 84864370701     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0843     Document Type: Article

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