A toxin-mediated policing system in Bacillus optimizes division of labor via penalizing cheater-like nonproducers

A toxin-mediated policing system in Bacillus optimizes division of labor via penalizing cheater-like nonproducers

Division of labor, where subpopulations perform complementary tasks simultaneously within an assembly, characterizes major evolutionary transitions of cooperation in certain cases. Currently, the mechanism and significance of mediating the interaction between different cell types during the division...

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Main Authors: Rong Huang, Jiahui Shao, Zhihui Xu, Yuqi Chen, Yunpeng Liu, Dandan Wang, Haichao Feng, Weibing Xun, Qirong Shen, Nan Zhang, Ruifu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-04-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Bacillus velezensis
population fitness
policing system
cheater-like nonproducers
public goods
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/84743

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