Title: Sociomicrobiology: Anti-social bacteria.
Authors: van Ooij, Christiaan
Abstract: The article provides information on a study conducted by K. A. Gibbs and colleagues to identify a genetic programme in the bacterium Proteus mirabilis that allows to distinguish itself from others and prevent mingling. It mentions that the researchers isolated a mutant that no longer recognizes the parent strain as "self" in order to investigate the mechanism that underlies the anti-social behaviour of P. mirabilis.
Subjects: MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BACTERIA behavior; MIRABILIS; GIBBS, K. A.
Publication: Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008, Vol 6, Issue 9, p647
ISSN: 1740-1526
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1974

Sociomicrobiology: Anti-social bacteria.

van Ooij, Christiaan