Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle
Hibbing ME, Fuqua C, Parsek MR, Peterson SB · Nature Reviews Microbiology 2010
Review
Key finding
Bacteria deploy a wide arsenal of chemical and contact-based weapons against neighbours.
In plain language
A survey of how bacteria actually fight — antibiotics, toxins injected directly into neighbouring cells, and competition for space and iron.
How much weight this carries
Repeatedly demonstrated, with agreement across independent groups.
Cite or read it
Hibbing ME, Fuqua C, Parsek MR, Peterson SB (2010). Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle. Nature Reviews Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2259