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microbial cheating: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

the use by some microbial cells of shared products such as iron scavengers made by others, without paying the production cost.

In microbiology, microbial cheating refers to the use by some microbial cells of shared products such as iron scavengers made by others, without paying the production cost. This meaning comes from Griffin (2004) in Nature.[1]

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Griffin, A. S., West, S. A., & Buckling, A. (2004). Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria. Nature, 430(7003), 1024-1027. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02744

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