Evolutionary dynamics of interlinked public goods traits: An experimental study of siderophore production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-39

  Ross Gillespie, A ^a   Dumas, Z ^b,c   Kummerli R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Cooperator cheat dynamics; Experimental evolution; Pleiotropy; Regulatory links; Siderophores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMITING FACTOR; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC GOODS; SIDEROPHORE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

IRON; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYOCHELIN; PYOVERDINE; SIDEROPHORE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; IRON; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHENOLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIDEROPHORES; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84922531702     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12559     Document Type: Article

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