2023
Experimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation
Burmeister A, Tzintzun-Tapia E, Roush C, Mangal I, Barahman R, Bjornson R, Turner P. Experimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2023, 89: e00079-23. PMID: 37191555, PMCID: PMC10304864, DOI: 10.1128/aem.00079-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental evolutionPhage populationsParallel molecular evolutionWhole-population sequencingAntibiotic resistance proteinsTail fiber proteinE. coli hostPhage evolutionEvolutionary potentialMolecular evolutionPhage genotypesTolC proteinParallel adaptationProtein geneAntibiotic resistanceExperimental populationsBacterial diversitySelection pressureBacterial hostsColi hostFiber proteinBacterial populationsBacterial cellsPhage resistancePhage dynamics
2014
Antibiotic resistance correlates with transmission in plasmid evolution
Turner PE, Williams ES, Okeke C, Cooper VS, Duffy S, Wertz JE. Antibiotic resistance correlates with transmission in plasmid evolution. Evolution 2014, 68: 3368-3380. PMID: 25351426, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbon source utilizationPreliminary sequence analysisAntibiotic resistance correlatesFitness assaysQuantitative traitsSelection pressureBacterial hostsResistance levelsPhenotypic performancePlasmid-bearing cellsGenetic rearrangementsTransfer operonSequence analysisPlasmid evolutionPlasmid conjugationCommon competitorPhenotypic correlationsShufflon regionTetracycline resistance transposonAutonomous replicatorPlasmidHorizontal transmissionDivergencePlasmid resistancePlasmid lineages