Antagonistic competition moderates virulence in Bacillus thuringiensis

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 765-772

  Garbutt, Jennie ^a,d   Bonsall, Michael B ^a   Wright, Denis J ^b   Raymond, Ben ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Bacillus thuringiensis; Evolution of virulence; Interference competition; Mixed infection; Social evolution; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BACTERIUM; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INSECT; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITISM; PATHOGEN; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; EVOLUTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MOTHS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 79960403244     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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