Article ID: CBB934389558

Levels of Selection in Biofilms: Multispecies Biofilms Are Not Evolutionary Individuals (2016)

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Microbes are generally thought of as unicellular organisms, but we know that many microbes live as parts of biofilms—complex, surface-attached microbial communities numbering millions of cells. Some authors have recently argued in favour of reconceiving biofilms as biological entities in their own right. In particular, some have claimed that multispecies biofilms are evolutionary individuals (Doolittle in Biol Philos 28:351–378, 2013; Ereshefsky and Pedroso in PNAS USA 112(33): 10126–10132 2015). Against this view, I defend the conservative consensus that selection acts primarily upon microbial cells.

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Authors & Contributors
Cooper, Stephen
Dröscher, Ariane
Fagan, Melinda Bonnie
Goldenfeld, Nigel
Griffiths, Paul E.
Johach, Eva
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Journal of the History of Biology
Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Armando
Lexington Books
Princeton University Press
Rombach
Shaker
Concepts
Microbiology
Cellular biology
Evolution
Biology
Organisms
Virology
People
Deleuze, Gilles
Fleck, Ludwig
Foucault, Michel
Gadamer, Hans Georg
Golgi, Camillo
Holliday, Robin
Time Periods
21st century
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
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