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SUBMITTER: Harrison E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4571675 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harrison Ellie E Truman Julie J Wright Rosanna R Spiers Andrew J AJ Paterson Steve S Brockhurst Michael A MA
Biology letters 20150801 8
Coevolution with bacteriophages is a major selective force shaping bacterial populations and communities. A variety of both environmental and genetic factors has been shown to influence the mode and tempo of bacteria-phage coevolution. Here, we test the effects that carriage of a large conjugative plasmid, pQBR103, had on antagonistic coevolution between the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens and its phage, SBW25ϕ2. Plasmid carriage limited bacteria-phage coevolution; bacteria evolved lower phage ...[more]