title: Evolution: Bacterial Territoriality as a Byproduct of Kin Discriminatory Warfare.
abstract: Recent work suggests that the inability of genetically distinct colonies of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis to freely merge is often a byproduct of microbial warfare mediated by divergent suites of chemical weaponry. Any effects of such kin-discriminatory antagonisms on levels of within-group cooperation at other traits remain unclear.
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: gregory.velicer@env.ethz.ch.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Velicer
authors.affiliation: ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plucain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena / Q000235:genetics; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006801:Humans