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
2019
Bacteriophage Ecology☆
Burmeister A, Abedon S, Turner P. Bacteriophage Ecology☆. 2019, 434-440. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.90677-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBacteriophage ecologyMeasurements of phagesEcosystem levelEcological organizationTrophic levelsAntagonistic coevolutionIndirect interactionsPhage communitiesFitness consequencesPhage ecologyEcologyBiological feedbackMorphological diversityBacterial hostsHost cellsKey resourcesCommunityPhagesPhage selectionDifferent replication strategiesEcosystemsBacterial resistanceReplication strategyDiversityEnvironment
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
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
1998
Sex and the Evolution of Intrahost Competition in RNA Virus φ6
Turner P, Chao L. Sex and the Evolution of Intrahost Competition in RNA Virus φ6. Genetics 1998, 150: 523-532. PMID: 9755186, PMCID: PMC1460345, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/150.2.523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrahost competitionLarge sexual populationsLarge asexual populationsRNA virus phi6Absence of sexSame host cellRate of adaptationSexual populationsGenetic conflictSexual reproductionAsexual populationsMore rapid adaptationBeneficial mutationsSame genomeSeparate lineagesExperimental populationsBacterial hostsMultiple bacteriophagesAbility of virusesHost cellsRNA virusesRapid adaptationPseudomonas phaseolicolaPhi6Host