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Filtering by: Committee Member Chang, Jeff Date 2011 Degree Name Master of Science (M.S.)

Evolution of a streamlined cooperator in Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing

Creator:

Huie, Jessica L.

Abstract:

Social behavior leading to the production of common goods is prone to exploitation. One such behavior in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is quorum sensing (QS), by which the bacteria produce signals to regulate extracellular common goods. Exploitation comes in the form of cheaters which have a mutation in the central quorum sensing...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis