SUB-OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS PROLONG PHAGE EPIDEMICS IN BACTERIAL POPULATIONS
H. Goehlich, O. Roth, M. Sieber, C. M. Chibani, A. Poehlein, J. Rajkov, H. Liesegang, C. C. Wendling
The paper shows that suboptimal environmental conditions slow phage resistance evolution in bacteria, prolonging phage epidemics and potentially increasing the persistence of virulent phages.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology