A toxin-mediated policing system in Bacillus optimizes division of labor via penalizing cheater-like nonproducers - Huang, Rong; Shao, Jiahui; Xu, Zhihui; Chen, Yuqi; Liu, Yunpeng; Wang, Dandan; Feng, Haichao; Xun, Weibing; Shen, Qirong; Zhang, Nan; Zhang, Ruifu (eLife, 2023)
Keywords: Acetyl-CoA carboxylase; Altruism; Antibiotics; Bacillus - metabolism; Bacillus - physiology; Bacillus velezensis; Biofilms; Biosynthesis; Cannibalism; Cell differentiation; cheater-like nonproducers; Cheating; Cooperation; Division of labor; Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Extracellular matrix; Flow cytometry; Genomic islands; Immunity; Molecular modelling; policing system; population fitness; Population stability; Privatization; public goods; Rhizosphere; ecology; evolutionary biology; policing system; public goods; cheater-like nonproducers; population fitness; Bacillus velezensis