| Title |
Locality versus globality in bacterial signalling: can local communication stabilize bacterial communities?
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| Published in |
Biology Direct, April 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-5-30 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Vittorio Venturi, Ádám Kerényi, Beáta Reiz, Dóra Bihary, Sándor Pongor |
| Abstract |
Microbial consortia are a major form of life; however their stability conditions are poorly understood and are often explained in terms of species-specific defence mechanisms (secretion of extracellular matrix, antimicrobial compounds, siderophores, etc.). Here we propose a hypothesis that the primarily local nature of intercellular signalling can be a general mechanism underlying the stability of many forms of microbial communities. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 55 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 53 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 31% |
| Researcher | 12 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 42% |
| Engineering | 5 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 8 | 15% |