Michael Blazanin

This study investigates pleiotropy in host defense mechanisms of C. elegans against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by analyzing gene knockouts and their effects on multiple defense traits.

The paper shows that diverse microbial communities promote phage-bacteria coexistence by limiting resistance evolution in bacteria, increasing phage persistence.

This paper quantifies phage infectivity and suppression using bacterial population dynamics metrics, identifying peak density and extinction time as the most predictive.