Reviews and book chapters

Vasse, M. and G. J. Velicer. 2026. Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killings. Nature Reviews Microbiology. READ IT HERE

Kroos, L., D. Wall, S. T. Islam, D. E. Whitworth, J. Muños-Dorado, P. I. Higgs, M. Singer, E. M. F. Mauriello, A. Treuner-Lange, L. Søgaard-Andersen, C. Kaimer, M. Elías-Arnaz, E. A. Stoiković, R. Müller, C. Volz, G. J. Velicer and B. Nan. 2025. Milestones in the development of Myxococcus xanthus as a model multicellular bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology. READ IT HERE

La Fortezza, M., K. A. Schaal and G. J. Velicer. 2022. Group formation: On the evolution of aggregative multicellularity. In Herron, M. D., P. L. Conlin and W. C. Ratcliff eds. The Evolution of Multicellularity. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. READ IT HERE

O’Malley, M. A., M. Travisano, G. J. Velicer and J. A. Bolker. 2015. How do microbial populations and communities function as model systems? The Quarterly Review of Biology. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J., H. Mendes-Soares & S. Wielgoss. 2014. Whence comes social diversity? Ecological and evolutionary analysis of the myxobacteria. In Myxobacteria: Genomics and Molecular Biology, P. Higgs and Z. Yang eds. Horizon Scientific Press. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J. and M. Vos. 2009. Sociobiology of the myxobacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J. and K. L. Hillesland. 2007. Why cooperate? The ecology and evolution of myxobacteria. In Myxobacteria: Multicellularity and Differentiation, D. Whitworth, editor. American Society for Microbiology Press. READ IT HERE

Travisano, M. and G. J. Velicer. 2004. Strategies of microbial cheater control. Trends in Microbiology. READ IT HERE

Velicer, G. J. 2003. Social strife in the microbial world. Trends in Microbiology. READ IT HERE