Optimal foraging by bacteriophages through host avoidance

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Heineman, Richard H ^a   Springman, Rachael ^a   Bull, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bacteriophage T7; Experimental evolution; Host avoidance; Optimal foraging theory

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIET; FITNESS; HOST QUALITY; HOST SELECTION; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40949106105     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528962     Document Type: Article

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