Space, time, and host evolution facilitate coexistence of competing bacteriophages: Theory and experiment

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Coberly, L Caitlin ^a,b   Wei, Wei ^a,d   Sampson, Koffi Y ^a,c   Millstein, Jack ^a   Wichman, Holly A ^a   Krone, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Applied Ecological Services   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacteriophage; Experimental evolution; Mathematical; Spatial

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COEXISTENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 63449097648     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597226     Document Type: Article

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