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SUBMITTER: Hesse E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765521 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hesse Elze E O'Brien Siobhán S Tromas Nicolas N Bayer Florian F Luján Adela M AM van Veen Eleanor M EM Hodgson Dave J DJ Buckling Angus A
Ecology letters 20171121 1
Some microbial public goods can provide both individual and community-wide benefits, and are open to exploitation by non-producing species. One such example is the production of metal-detoxifying siderophores. Here, we investigate whether conflicting selection pressures on siderophore production by heavy metals - a detoxifying effect of siderophores, and exploitation of this detoxifying effect - result in a net increase or decrease. We show that the proportion of siderophore-producing taxa incre ...[more]