Cooperation among microorganisms

PLoS Biol. 2006 Sep;4(9):e299. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040299.

Abstract

Understanding cooperation among microorganisms presents conceptual and mathematical challenges at the interface of evolutionary biology and the theory of emergent properties of independent agents, two of the most exciting areas in modern mathematical biology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anabaena / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Dictyostelium / physiology*
  • Models, Biological
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism*
  • Systems Biology
  • Vibrio cholerae / metabolism*