ArticlemSystems2020
Privatization of Biofilm Matrix in Structurally Heterogeneous Biofilms.
Article in mSystems, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.
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26 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Social evolution of shared biofilm matrix components.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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8 authors.
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Abstract
The self-produced biofilm provides beneficial protection for the enclosed cells, but the costly production of matrix components makes producer cells susceptible to cheating by nonproducing individuals. Despite detrimental effects of nonproducers, biofilms can be heterogeneous, with isogenic nonproducers being a natural consequence of phenotypic differentiation processes. For instance, in
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