Bacterial motility confers fitness advantage in the presence of phages

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2154-2160

  Taylor, T B ^a   Buckling, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Dispersal evolution; Motility; Parasite mediated selection

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLONY; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; INOCULATION; MOTILITY; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DISPERSAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOTILITY; PARASITE-MEDIATED SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE; DISPERSAL EVOLUTION; MOTILITY; PARASITE-MEDIATED SELECTION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES;

EID: 84883800456     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12214     Document Type: Article

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