  We consider a simple information-theoretic model of communication, in which
two species of bacteria have the option of exchanging information about their
environment, thereby improving their chances of survival. For this purpose, we
model a system consisting of two species whose dynamics in the world are
modelled by a bet-hedging strategy. It is well known that such models lend
themselves to elegant information-theoretical interpretations by relating their
respective long-term growth rate to the information the individual species has
about its environment. We are specifically interested in modelling how this
dynamics are affected when the species interact cooperatively or in an
antagonistic way in a scenario with limited resources. For this purpose, we
consider the exchange of environmental information between the two species in
the framework of a game. Our results show that a transition from a cooperative
to an antagonistic behaviour in a species results as a response to a change in
the availability of resources. Species cooperate in abundance of resources,
while they behave antagonistically in scarcity.
