Cooperative Bacteria (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Cooperative Bacteria

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Positive feedbacks favor cooperative bacteria, which are part of a multicellular group (right). In contrast, individual bacterial cells that try to help others (left) do not benefit.

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Department of Ecology at the Osnabrueck University

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