Bacteria-phage coevolution as a driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 916-931

  Koskella, Britt ^a   Brockhurst, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic; Bacteriophage; Host parasite; Infection; Resistance; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGE; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL POPULATION; PHENOTYPE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84927693101     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12072     Document Type: Article

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