De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Martin, Marivic ^a   Dragoš, Anna ^a   Hölscher, Theresa ^a   Maróti, Gergely ^b   Bálint, Balázs ^c   Westermann, Martin ^d   Kovács, Ákos T ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c SEQOMICS BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD   (Hungary)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EVOLUTION; EXOPOLYMER; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BEHAVIOR; BIOFILM; COMPETITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE; BACILLUS PHAGE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYSOGENIZATION; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PROPHAGE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIROLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TASA PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LYSOGENY; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROPHAGES;

EID: 85021757344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15127     Document Type: Article

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