Synergy and group size in microbial cooperation

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-305

  Cornforth, Daniel M ^a,b   Sumpter, David J T ^c   Brown, Sam P ^a,b   Brännström, Åke ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Microbes; Public goods; Quorum sensing; Synergy

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROUP SIZE; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SECRETION; SYNERGISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84864654190     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667193     Document Type: Article

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