Cheating on cheaters dramatically affects social interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Özhan Özkaya, Roberto Balbontín, Isabel Gordo, Karina B. Xavier
When pyoverdine and elastase are both needed, a pvdS mutant outcompetes the lasR cheater in P. aeruginosa and averts population collapse; a cost-ratio model with quorum sensing explains this.
Current Biology · Jun 28, 2018Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology✦ In-depth digest