A growing microcolony can survive and support persistent propagation of virulent phages

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 337-342

  Eriksen, Rasmus Skytte ^a   Svenningsen, Sine L ^b   Sneppen, Kim ^a   Mitarai, Namiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coexistence; Endemic; Predator prey; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SIMULATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE P1; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; QUORUM SENSING; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85040218870     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708954115     Document Type: Article

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