Mutational meltdown of putative microbial altruists in Streptomyces coelicolor colonies
<p>In colonies of the filamentous multicellular bacterium <em>Streptomyces coelicolor</em>, a subpopulation of cells arises that hyperproduces metabolically costly antibiotics, resulting in a division of labor that increases colony fitness. Because these cells contain larg...
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Springer Nature
2022
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