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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Cooperation and Cheating
Bacteria cooperate to benefit the collective, but cheaters can rig the system. How is the balance maintained?
Cooperation and Cheating
Cooperation and Cheating

Bacteria cooperate to benefit the collective, but cheaters can rig the system. How is the balance maintained?

Bacteria cooperate to benefit the collective, but cheaters can rig the system. How is the balance maintained?

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Infographic showing strategies used by cooperators to curb the cheater population in a bacterial community
Infographic: Curbing the Cheaters 
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Jun 1, 2023 | 1 min read
From spatial structuring to policing, cooperative bacteria have a wide toolkit to contain the spread of cheaters.
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