2024
Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm with an evolutionary trained bacteriophage cocktail exploiting phage resistance trade-offs
Kunisch F, Campobasso C, Wagemans J, Yildirim S, Chan B, Schaudinn C, Lavigne R, Turner P, Raschke M, Trampuz A, Gonzalez Moreno M. Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm with an evolutionary trained bacteriophage cocktail exploiting phage resistance trade-offs. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 8572. PMID: 39362854, PMCID: PMC11450229, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52595-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResistance trade-offBacteriophage host rangeViruses of bacteriaHuman microbial infectionsMultidrug-resistant bacterial infectionsTwo-phage cocktailMultidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strainsLytic bacteriophagesBiofilm-associatedEvolution assaysPlanktonic culturesBacteriophage cocktailHost rangeBacteriophageHost spectrumBacteriophage therapyCocktail designCombat biofilmsTreated bacteriaMicrobial infectionsAntimicrobial efficacyBacterial suppressionPolymerase chain reactionBacterial infectionsClinical outcomesExperimental Evolution Studies in Φ6 Cystovirus
Singhal S, Balitactac A, Nayagam A, Bahrami P, Nayeem S, Turner P. Experimental Evolution Studies in Φ6 Cystovirus. Viruses 2024, 16: 977. PMID: 38932268, PMCID: PMC11209170, DOI: 10.3390/v16060977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental evolution studiesFitness effects of spontaneous mutationsSpontaneous mutationsEffects of spontaneous mutationsEvolution of RNA virusesEvolution studiesEvolution of host rangeFast generation timesResponse to selectionMultiple phagesNon-pathogenic modelRNA genomeConsequence of evolutionOuter membraneHost rangeRNA virusesNovel traitsMutation rateHost cellsFitness effectsPopulation sizeMutationsCystovirusesBacteriophageGeneration time
2007
EVOLUTION OF HOST SPECIFICITY DRIVES REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG RNA VIRUSES
Duffy S, Burch CL, Turner PE. EVOLUTION OF HOST SPECIFICITY DRIVES REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG RNA VIRUSES. Evolution 2007, 61: 2614-2622. PMID: 17908251, PMCID: PMC7202233, DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00226.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive isolationEcological speciation hypothesisDivergent natural selectionRNA virusesAssortative mating evolvesNatural selectionHost rangeRNA bacteriophage phi6Speciation hypothesisSingle nucleotide changePhytophagous insectsEcological adaptationNovel hostEvolutionary fateWhole-genome sequencingGenetic exchangeImportant traitsBiological credibilityAlternative hostsExperimental populationsLaboratory populationsAssortative matingDirect selectionGenome sequencingNucleotide changes
2006
Pleiotropic Costs of Niche Expansion in the RNA Bacteriophage Φ6
Duffy S, Turner PE, Burch CL. Pleiotropic Costs of Niche Expansion in the RNA Bacteriophage Φ6. Genetics 2006, 172: 751-757. PMID: 16299384, PMCID: PMC1456241, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.051136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNiche expansionAntagonistic pleiotropyCosts of generalismVaried ecological conditionsRNA virus phi6Standard laboratory hostRNA bacteriophage φ6Host range mutantsPleiotropic costsHost shiftsPseudomonas hostsFitness costsGenetic basisGenetic dataHost attachmentHost rangeExperimental model systemAdaptive mutationsHost typeNonsynonymous mutationsEcological conditionsOriginal hostRNA virusesBacteriophage Φ6Generalism