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
2008
Evolutionary ecology of multiple phage adsorption and infection
Turner P, Duffy S. Evolutionary ecology of multiple phage adsorption and infection. 2008, 195-216. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511541483.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary ecologyInterface of ecologyHost cell machineryPhage adsorptionEvolutionary responsesGenetic exchangePhage genesEvolutionary biologyCell machineryPhage populationsIncredible diversityHost competitionSelective pressureEvolutionary standpointUnrelated phagesSuperinfection exclusionIndividual bacteriaEcological effectsSame hostEcologyGenetic variantsHigher phage densitiesPhagesPhage densitiesIndividual phages