Sociobiology of the Myxobacteria

Evolution of altruists and cheaters in near-isogenic populations of Escherichia coli

(2010) Denise et al.   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Social Evolution of Spatial Patterns in Bacterial Biofilms: When Conflict Drives Disorder

(2009) João B. Xavier et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Bacterial predators

(2009) Gregory J. Velicer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Social Conflict in Centimeter-and Global-Scale Populations of the Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

(2009) Michiel Vos et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Predators promote defence of rhizosphere bacterial populations by selective feeding on non-toxic cheaters

(2009) Alexandre Jousset et al.   ISME Journal

Snowdrift game dynamics and facultative cheating in yeast

(2009) Jeff Gore et al.   NATURE

Simpson's Paradox in a Synthetic Microbial System

(2009) J. S. Chuang et al.   SCIENCE

Kin competition and the evolution of cooperation

(2009) Thomas G. Platt et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Discovering the Hidden Secondary Metabolome of Myxococcus xanthus: a Study of Intraspecific Diversity

(2008) D. Krug et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Social Life for Discerning Microbes

(2008) Sam P. Brown et al.   CELL

FLO1 Is a Variable Green Beard Gene that Drives Biofilm-like Cooperation in Budding Yeast

(2008) Scott Smukalla et al.   CELL

Isolation by Distance in the Spore-Forming Soil Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

(2008) Michiel Vos et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Natural variation of gliding motility in a centimetre-scale population of Myxococcus xanthus

(2008) Michiel Vos et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Two-component systems of the myxobacteria: structure, diversity and evolutionary relationships

(2008) D. E. Whitworth et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Novel Transcriptome Patterns Accompany Evolutionary Restoration of Defective Social Development in the Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

(2008) Supriya V. Kadam et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Facultative cheater mutants reveal the genetic complexity of cooperation in social amoebae

(2008) Lorenzo A. Santorelli et al.   NATURE

The Mosaic Genome of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Strain 2CP-C Suggests an Aerobic Common Ancestor to the Delta-Proteobacteria

(2008) Sara H. Thomas et al.   PLoS One

Experimental evolution of a microbial predator's ability to find prey

(2008) K. L Hillesland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic Determinants of Self Identity and Social Recognition in Bacteria

(2008) K. A. Gibbs et al.   SCIENCE

Kin Discrimination Increases with Genetic Distance in a Social Amoeba

(2008) Elizabeth A Ostrowski et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms

(2008) Carey D Nadell et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY