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Bacterial Ventures into Multicellularity: Collectivism through Individuality

van Vliet, Simon and Ackermann, Martin. (2015) Bacterial Ventures into Multicellularity: Collectivism through Individuality. PLoS biology, 13 (6). e1002162.

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Abstract

Multicellular eukaryotes can perform functions that exceed the possibilities of an individual cell. These functions emerge through interactions between differentiated cells that are precisely arranged in space. Bacteria also form multicellular collectives that consist of differentiated but genetically identical cells. How does the functionality of these collectives depend on the spatial arrangement of the differentiated bacteria? In a previous issue of PLOS Biology, van Gestel and colleagues reported an elegant example of how the spatial arrangement of differentiated cells gives rise to collective behavior in Bacillus subtilus colonies, further demonstrating the similarity of bacterial collectives to higher multicellular organisms.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Infection Biology > Microbiology and Biophysics (Drescher) > Microbial Systems Ecology (van Vliet)
UniBasel Contributors:van Vliet, Simon
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
ISSN:1545-7885
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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