Correction to: Biology & Philosophy (2019) 34:34 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9688-9

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While the research for this article has been undertaken during an internship at the Max Planck Institute, this should have been credited in the acknowledgements section, rather than as a secondary affiliation.

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Fig. 1/Page 8: From groups to individuals

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Fig. 2/Page 12: Mat formation in Pseudomonas fluorescens

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Fig. 3/Page 13: Mat life cycle

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Fig. 4/Page 34: Three causes for extinction

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Fig. 5/Page 34: Cheat-embracing regime trumps cheat-purging regime

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