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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacteriophage phi 6Computer SimulationHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysPseudomonas syringaeSpectrophotometryConceptsFitness differencesHigh-throughput analysisGrowth differencesPhage strainsAbsolute fitnessHigh-throughput methodBacterial hostsPhage growthGenotype rankingsPhi 6Phage phi 6Bacterial strainsThroughput methodViral growthVirus strainsBacterial growth curveHostBacteriophage strainsStrainsGrowthVitro methodGrowth curvesTraitsPhagesThroughput analysis
2008
Robustness promotes evolvability of thermotolerance in an RNA virus
McBride RC, Ogbunugafor CB, Turner PE. Robustness promotes evolvability of thermotolerance in an RNA virus. BMC Ecology And Evolution 2008, 8: 231. PMID: 18694497, PMCID: PMC2518931, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic robustnessEfficacy of selectionNew habitatsEvolutionary biologyVirus adaptabilityLaboratory populationsMutational changesNew nichesEvolvabilityRNA virusesFace of perturbationsGreater toleranceThermotoleranceRobust clonesNovel environmentClonesBiological systemsBalance of robustnessFuture adaptationUnderlying mechanismHabitatsNicheBiologyGreater resistancePopulation
2006
Viral ecology and the maintenance of novel host use.
Dennehy JJ, Friedenberg NA, Holt RD, Turner PE. Viral ecology and the maintenance of novel host use. The American Naturalist 2006, 167: 429-39. PMID: 16673350, DOI: 10.1086/499381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNovel hostHost useNative hostNovel host useNew host speciesHost population growthPhage growth rateGenetic adaptationViral ecologyHost speciesSerial passage experimentsPopulation dynamicsHost bacteriaRNA phagesVirus extinctionHost transmissionViral populationsVirus populationsHostPassage experimentsSpeciesGrowth ratePopulation growthAdaptationEcologyPleiotropic 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