Established Microbial Colonies Can Survive Type VI Secretion Assault

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Borenstein, David Bruce ^a   Ringel, Peter ^b   Basler, Marek ^b   Wingreen, Ned S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

CELL INJECTION SYSTEM; E. COLI; ECOLOGICAL ROLES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IN-VIVO; LARGE DOMAIN; MICROBIAL COLONY; MICROCOLONIES; RANGE EXPANSION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SPECIES INVASION; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEMS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84946050151     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004520     Document Type: Article

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