Why do bacteria regulate public goods by quorum sensing?-How the shapes of cost and benefit functions determine the form of optimal regulation

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Heilmann, Silja ^a   Krishna, Sandeep ^b   Kerr, Benjamin ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cooperation; Cost and benefit functions; Public good production and regulation; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84940952084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00767     Document Type: Article

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