Bacterial Colonies of Cooperators (green) and Cheats (white), Growing on Agar (IMAGE)

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Bacterial Colonies of Cooperators (green) and Cheats (white), Growing on Agar

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Bacterial colonies of cooperators (green) and cheats (white), growing on agar. Cheats exploit cooperators by stealing their scavenged iron supplies.

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Adin Ross-Gillespie

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