Life history trade-offs and relaxed selection can decrease bacterial virulence in environmental reservoirs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Mikonranta, Lauri ^a   Friman, Ville Petri ^a,b,c   Laakso, Jouni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODIGIOSIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; RESERVOIR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; SELECTION, GENETIC; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84865302881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043801     Document Type: Article

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