Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations.
It has been suggested that bacterial cells communicate by releasing and sensing small diffusible signal molecules in a process commonly known as quorum sensing (QS). It is generally assumed that QS is used to coordinate cooperative behaviours at the population level. However, evolutionary theory pre...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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