Thesis
Social evolution in natural microbial populations
- Abstract:
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To survive and thrive in their environment, bacteria engage in a multitude of cooperative and competitive behaviours. These behaviours often rely upon the secretion of extracellular public goods that are costly to produce but are essential for effective communication between cells, scavenging of iron and nutrients, protection from biotic and abiotic stresses and engaging in antagonistic competition. These cooperative and competitive behaviours have been studied extensively under controlled...
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Authors
Contributors
+ West, S
Department:
University of Oxford
Role:
Supervisor
+ Griffin, A
Department:
University of Oxford
Role:
Supervisor
+ Foster, K
Department:
University of Oxford
Role:
Examiner
+ Kuemmerli, R
Department:
University of Zurich
Role:
Examiner
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2019-01-10
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Bruce, J
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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