S. Avrani

Tradeoffs between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation drive the evolution of genes essential for cyanobacterial heterocyst functionality

The paper investigates the tradeoff between phage resistance and nitrogen fixation in diazotrophic cyanobacteria, identifying mutations and evolutionary mechanisms affecting heterocyst function.

Coevolutionary phage training leads to greater bacterial suppression and delays the evolution of phage resistance

This paper shows that coevolving phages with bacteria for 28 days significantly delays bacterial resistance and enhances phage suppression of growth.

Culture volume influences the dynamics of adaptation under long-term stationary phase

This study shows that culture volume affects genetic adaptation dynamics in E. coli during long-term stationary phase, with higher volumes leading to stronger positive selection on mutations.

Dynamics of mutation accumulation and adaptation during three years of evolution under long-term stationary phase

This study tracks genetic adaptation and mutation dynamics in E. coli over three years in long-term stationary phase, showing convergent mutation accumulation and varying mutation rates among clones.

Adaptations accumulated under prolonged resource exhaustion are highly transient

This study shows that genetic adaptations in E. coli under prolonged resource exhaustion are rapidly purged when resources are restored, and recovery depends on mutator status.