Bacterial ventures into multicellularity: Collectivism through individuality

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1-5

  van Vliet, Simon ^a,b   Ackermann, Martin ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Environmental Microbiology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84934758125     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002162     Document Type: Article

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