Bacterial communities as capitalist economies

Ute Römling ()
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Ute Römling: Cell and Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.

Nature, 2013, vol. 497, issue 7449, 321-322

Abstract: Tracking the behaviour of bacteria as they group together on a surface reveals a 'rich-get-richer' mechanism in which polysaccharide deposition and cellular location amplify in a positive feedback loop. See Letter p.388

Date: 2013
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