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Volume 170, Issue 4

Microbial Primer: Cooperation in bacteria Open Access

This article is part of the Microbial Primers collection.

Abstract

The growth and success of many bacteria appear to rely on a stunning range of cooperative behaviours. But what is cooperation and how is it studied?

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Keyword(s): altruism , cheat , inclusive fitness , kin selection and public good
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • European Research Council (Award 834164)
    • Principle Award Recipient: StuartWest
© 2024 The Authors
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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Microbial Primer: Cooperation in bacteria
Microbiology 170, 001440 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001440
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