The Evolution of Microbial Facilitation: Sociogenesis, Symbiogenesis, and Transition in Individuality

Metabolic cooperation is widespread, and it seems to be a ubiquitous and easily evolvable interaction in the microbial domain. Mutual metabolic cooperation, like syntrophy, is thought to have a crucial role in stabilizing interactions and communities, for example biofilms. Furthermore, cooperation i...

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Main Authors: István Zachar, Gergely Boza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.798045/full