Selection on plastic adherence leads to hyper-multicellular strains and incidental virulence in the budding yeast

Many disease-causing microbes are not obligate pathogens; rather, they are environmental microbes taking advantage of an ecological opportunity. The existence of microbes whose life cycle does not require a host and are not normally pathogenic, yet are well-suited to host exploitation, is an evoluti...

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Published in:	eLife
Main Authors:	Luke I Ekdahl, Juliana A Salcedo, Matthew M Dungan, Despina V Mason, Dulguun Myagmarsuren, Helen A Murphy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-11-01
Subjects:	yeast experimental evolution virulence adherence biofilm FLO11
Online Access:	https://elifesciences.org/articles/81056