Programmed Allee effect in bacteria causes a tradeoff between population spread and survival

• Main Authors: Smith, Robert, Tan, Cheemeng, Srimani, Jaydeep K., Pai, Anand, Riccione, Katherine A., Song, Hao, You, Lingchong
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102428; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19129
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dispersal is necessary for spread into new habitats, but it has also been shown to inhibit spread. Theoretical studies have suggested that the presence of a strong Allee effect may account for these counterintuitive observations. Experimental demonstration of this notion is lacking due to the diffic...