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SUBMITTER: Yan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7428860 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yan Jinyuan J Monaco Hilary H Xavier Joao B JB
Annual review of microbiology 20190610
Cooperation has fascinated biologists since Darwin. How did cooperative behaviors evolve despite the fitness cost to the cooperator? Bacteria have cooperative behaviors that make excellent models to take on this age-old problem from both proximate (molecular) and ultimate (evolutionary) angles. We delve into <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> swarming, a phenomenon where billions of bacteria move cooperatively across distances of centimeters in a matter of a few hours. Experiments with swarming have ...[more]