A microbial model of economic trading and comparative advantage

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 364, Issue , 2015, Pages 326-343

  Enyeart, Peter J ^a   Simpson, Zachary B ^a   Ellington, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial signaling; Cooperation; Ecology; Non linear dynamics; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COOPERATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC TRADING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; EVOLUTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84908305635     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.09.030     Document Type: Article

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