Nutrient-responsive regulation determines biodiversity in a colicin-mediated bacterial community

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hol, Felix J H ^a   Voges, Mathias J ^a   Dekker, Cees ^a   Keymer, Juan E ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Colicin; Community dynamics; Interference competition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COLICIN;

BIODIVERSITY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; COLICINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOTA; OPERON;

EID: 84907007618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-014-0068-2     Document Type: Article

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