Evolutionary Stabilization of Cooperative Toxin Production through a Bacterium-Plasmid-Phage Interplay

Evolutionary Stabilization of Cooperative Toxin Production through a Bacterium-Plasmid-Phage Interplay

Bacteria are excellent model organisms to study mechanisms of social evolution. The production of public goods, e.g., toxin release by cell lysis in clonal bacterial populations, is a frequently studied example of cooperative behavior. Here, we analyze evolutionary stabilization of toxin release by...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Spriewald, Eva Stadler, Burkhard A. Hense, Philipp C. Münch, Alice C. McHardy, Anna S. Weiss, Nancy Obeng, Johannes Müller, Bärbel Stecher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-07-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
bacteriophage
lysogen
virus
evolution
toxin
bacteriocin
regulation
heterogeneity
adaptive dynamics
evolutionary stable strategy
spiteful interaction
bistability
cheater
colicin
gastrointestinal infection
phenotypic noise
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00912-20

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00912-20

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