Macromolecular networks and intelligence in microorganisms

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Westerhoff, Hans V ^a,b,c   Brooks, Aaron N ^d,e   Simeonidis, Evangelos ^d,f   García Contreras, Rodolfo ^g   He, Fei ^h   Boogerd, Fred C ^a   Jackson, Victoria J ^b   Goncharuk, Valeri ^i,j,k   Kolodkin, Alexey ^d,f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^j INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Anticipation; Association; Decision making; Emergence; Microbial intelligence; Problem solving; Robust adaptation; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE;

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOFILM; DECISION MAKING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; INTELLIGENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUORUM SENSING; SELF CONCEPT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84905188558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00379     Document Type: Article

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