@article{2342, keywords = {Quorum Sensing, Biofilms, Models, Biological, Bacteria, Biological Evolution}, author = {Carey Nadell and Bonnie Bassler and Simon Levin}, title = {Observing bacteria through the lens of social evolution.}, abstract = {

Explaining the evolution of cooperative behavior is a long-standing problem for which much theory has been developed. A recent paper in BMC Biology tests central elements of this theory by manipulating a simple bacterial experimental system. This approach is useful for assessing the principles of social evolution, but we argue that more effort must be invested in the inverse problem: using social evolution theory to understand the lives of bacteria.

}, year = {2008}, journal = {J Biol}, volume = {7}, pages = {27}, month = {2008 Sep 30}, issn = {1475-4924}, doi = {10.1186/jbiol87}, language = {eng}, }