Microbial sciences - The superficial life of microbes

被引:423
作者
Kolter, R [1 ]
Greenberg, EP
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Univ Washington, Dept Microbiol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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D O I
10.1038/441300a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The social activities and organization of bacteria are crucial to their ecological success. But it is only in recent years that we have begun to study these secret societies.
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页码:300 / 302
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