<italic toggle="yes">Bacillus subtilis</italic> Protects Public Goods by Extending Kin Discrimination to Closely Related Species

ABSTRACT Kin discrimination systems are found in numerous communal contexts like multicellularity and are theorized to prevent exploitation of cooperative behaviors. The kin discrimination system in Bacillus subtilis differs from most other such systems because it excludes nonkin cells rather than i...

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Main Authors: Nicholas A. Lyons, Roberto Kolter
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ede5827b31d149dba3e4a799da6b6ea0
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