Cheaters never prosper - at least not in the lab. A new finding contradicts the notion that cooperative organisms are vulnerable to freeloaders.
Some bacteria send out signals that help a lab culture as a whole adapt to its environment, so other bugs ought to be able to benefit without wasting any of their own resources on signals.
Some bacteria send out signals that help a lab culture as a whole adapt to its environment, so other bugs ought to be able to benefit without wasting any of their own resources on signals.
