Inhibitory interactions promote frequent bistability among competing bacteria

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wright, Erik S ^a   Vetsigian, Kalin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABUNDANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EQUILIBRIUM; FAMINE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; INHIBITION; INVASIBILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; HABITAT; HUNGER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; STREPTOMYCES; BACTERIAL LOAD; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84964285149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11274     Document Type: Article

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