A Social Life for Discerning Microbes

被引:33
作者
Brown, Sam P. [1 ]
Buckling, Angus [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England
基金
英国惠康基金;
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10.1016/j.cell.2008.10.030
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Microbes are not only extremely social but also extremely discerning about whom they socialize with. Recent research has uncovered some of the evolutionary explanations behind these feats of social sophistication in bacteria (Ackermann et al., 2008; Diggle et al., 2007) and, most recently, has provided insights into the molecular mechanisms of discrimination in yeast (Smukalla et al., 2008).
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