Synergy and Group Size in Microbial Cooperation
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Synergy and group size in microbial cooperation.
Microbes produce many molecules that are important for their growth and development, and the exploitation of these secretions by nonproducers has recently become an important paradigm in microbial social evolution. Although the production of these public-goods molecules has been studied intensely, little is known of how the benefits accrued and the costs incurred depend on the quantity of publi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Naturalist
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-0147,1537-5323
DOI: 10.1086/667193