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Public goods and cheating in microbes

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Smith, Parker, Schuster, Martin·2019·Current Biology
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.001
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Communication and cooperation are not restricted to complex, higher organisms. Microbes, too, perform a variety of collective, multicellular behaviors, including biofilm formation, quorum sensing, nutrient acquisition, and dispersal. The products of these microbial cooperative behaviors are generally referred to as public goods. Here we describe the nature of microbial public goods, the associated problem of cheating, and ways in which microbes maintain public goods in the face of cheating. We highlight work in a growing field at the interface of microbiology, evolution, and ecology that combines multiple approaches in experimental evolution, genetics, and mathematical modeling.

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Authors
Smith, P., & Schuster, M.
Affiliations
Oregon State University (US)
ORCID
Smith, Parker
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-06
Volume
29
Issue
11
Pages
R442-R447
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.001
OpenAlex
W2948332211
Cited by
240
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 50 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 2
FWCI
41.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
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  • Current Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Keywords
cheating, microbial cooperation, quorum sensing, biofilm formation, nutrient acquisition, dispersal, experimental evolution, mathematical modeling, microbial evolution, microbial ecology
MeSH terms
Biological Evolution, Models, Biological, Microbial Interactions

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