Bacteriocin-mediated interactions within and between coexisting species

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2521-2526

  Hawlena, Hadas ^a   Bashey, Farrah ^b   Lively, Curtis M ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Entomopathogenic bacteria; Interspecific interactions; Intraspecific interactions; Recognition mechanisms; Xenorhabdus bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874677617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.354     Document Type: Article

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