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SUBMITTER: Li L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6687750 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Lingjun L Wu Tian T Wang Ying Y Ran Min M Kang Yu Y Ouyang Qi Q Luo Chunxiong C
Communications biology 20190808
Microbial communities can survive in complex and variable environments by using different cooperative strategies. However, the behaviors of these mutuality formed communities remain poorly understood, particularly with regard to the characteristics of spatial cooperation. Here, we selected two <i>Escherichia coli</i> strains, designated as the nutrition provider and the antibiotic protector, respectively, for construction of a mutually beneficial bacterial community that could be used to study t ...[more]