Bacterial Cheaters Evade Punishment by Cyanide
Summary: In all domains of life, mechanisms exist that protect cooperating groups from exploitation by cheaters. Recent observations with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa have suggested a paradigmatic cheater control mechanism in which cooperator cells punish or “police” cheater cells by cyanide...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-09-01
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| Series: | iScience |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219302408 |