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Metabolic exchanges are ubiquitous in natural microbial communities
Microbial communities drive global biogeochemical cycles and shape the health of plants and animals—including humans. Their structure and function are determined by ecological and environmental interactions th...
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Gemeinsam stärker: metabolische Arbeitsteilung bei Bakterien
Microorganisms frequently engage in reciprocal cross-feeding interactions, in which two or more bacterial strains exchange essential metabolites. Benefits stemming from losing the biosynthetic capabilities to ...
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Einblicke in das Sozialleben von Mikroben
The evolution of cooperation is an intriguing puzzle in evolutionary biology. Several examples have been described where individual microbial cells cooperate by secreting products that are beneficial for the w...
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Open AccessThe evolutionary emergence of stochastic phenotype switching in bacteria
Stochastic phenotype switching – or bet hedging – is a pervasive feature of living systems and common in bacteria that experience fluctuating (unpredictable) environmental conditions. Under such conditions, th...