2024
Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’
Turner P, Chao L. Microbe Profile: Bacteriophage ϕ6: a model for segmented RNA viruses and the evolutionary consequences of viral ‘sex’. Microbiology 2024, 170: 001467. PMID: 39046321, PMCID: PMC11316545, DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic virusesHost-pathogen interactionsEvolution of sexDsRNA virusesEvolutionary consequencesSegment reassortmentBacterial virusesRNA virusesRate of adaptationMutation ratePhenotypic complexityMutation loadLipid envelopeBacteriophageReassortmentRNAMutationsVirusMolecular modelingDsRNAExperimental systemGeneticsTraitsHostReplication
2011
High-throughput analysis of growth differences among phage strains
Turner PE, Draghi JA, Wilpiszeski R. High-throughput analysis of growth differences among phage strains. Journal Of Microbiological Methods 2011, 88: 117-121. PMID: 22101310, DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.10.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFitness differencesHigh-throughput analysisGrowth differencesPhage strainsAbsolute fitnessHigh-throughput methodBacterial hostsPhage growthGenotype rankingsPhi 6Phage phi 6Bacterial strainsThroughput methodViral growthVirus strainsBacterial growth curveHostBacteriophage strainsStrainsGrowthVitro methodGrowth curvesTraitsPhagesThroughput analysis
2009
Consequences of host adaptation for performance of vesicular stomatitis virus in novel thermal environments
Alto B, Turner P. Consequences of host adaptation for performance of vesicular stomatitis virus in novel thermal environments. Evolutionary Ecology 2009, 24: 299-315. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9307-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHost adaptationVesicular stomatitis virusRNA virusesNovel thermal environmentThermal reaction normsStomatitis virusGeneralist traitsHost generalistsFitness traitsNiche specializationGeneralist organismsSpecies biodiversityReaction normsSelective advantageViral genesGeneralistsMultiple hostsViral proteinsSingle hostTraitsExtreme temperaturesWarm environmentNew environmentHostAdaptation