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SUBMITTER: Liu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4862617 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Jintao J Prindle Arthur A Humphries Jacqueline J Gabalda-Sagarra Marçal M Asally Munehiro M Lee Dong-yeon D DY Ly San S Garcia-Ojalvo Jordi J Süel Gürol M GM
Nature 20150722 7562
Cells that reside within a community can cooperate and also compete with each other for resources. It remains unclear how these opposing interactions are resolved at the population level. Here we investigate such an internal conflict within a microbial (Bacillus subtilis) biofilm community: cells in the biofilm periphery not only protect interior cells from external attack but also starve them through nutrient consumption. We discover that this conflict between protection and starvation is resol ...[more]