The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms

Carey D Nadell; Joao B Xavier; Simon A Levin; Kevin R Foster

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060014

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The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms

Carey D Nadell ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Carey D Nadell, Joao B Xavier

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cnadell@princeton.edu (CDN); kfoster@cgr.harvard.edu (KRF)

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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Joao B Xavier ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Carey D Nadell, Joao B Xavier

Affiliation Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Bauer Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Simon A Levin,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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Kevin R Foster

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cnadell@princeton.edu (CDN); kfoster@cgr.harvard.edu (KRF)

Affiliation Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Bauer Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms

Carey D Nadell,
Joao B Xavier,
Simon A Levin,
Kevin R Foster

Published: January 29, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060014

About the Authors

Carey D Nadell

Contributed equally to this work with: Carey D Nadell, Joao B Xavier

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cnadell@princeton.edu (CDN); kfoster@cgr.harvard.edu (KRF)

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Joao B Xavier

Contributed equally to this work with: Carey D Nadell, Joao B Xavier

Affiliation Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Bauer Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Simon A Levin

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Kevin R Foster

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cnadell@princeton.edu (CDN); kfoster@cgr.harvard.edu (KRF)

Affiliation Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Bauer Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

CDN, JBX, and KRF designed simulations. CDN and JBX performed simulations. CDN, JBX, and KRF analyzed data. JBX contributed analytical tools. CDN, JBX, SAL, and KRF wrote the paper.

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