Physiological Heterogeneity Triggers Sibling Conflict Mediated by the Type VI Secretion System in an Aggregative Multicellular Bacterium

ABSTRACT A hallmark of social microorganisms is their ability to engage in complex and coordinated behaviors that depend on cooperative and synchronized actions among many cells. For instance, myxobacteria use an aggregation strategy to form multicellular, spore-filled fruiting bodies in response to...

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Main Authors: Vera Troselj, Anke Treuner-Lange, Lotte Søgaard-Andersen, Daniel Wall
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fd49e36ca5d94a3ab6e05734e7ac481c
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