ArticleBMC ecology2006
The impact of phages on interspecific competition in experimental populations of bacteria.
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- Temperate phages as self-replicating weapons in bacterial competition.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2017Article
- Evolutionary contribution to coexistence of competitors in microbial food webs.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors.Nature communications · 2017Article
- Phage-Enabled Nanomedicine: From Probes to Therapeutics in Precision Medicine.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundPhages are thought to play a crucial role in the maintenance of diversity in natural bacterial communities. Theory suggests that phages impose density dependent regulation on bacterial populations, preventing competitive dominants from excluding less competitive species. To test this, we constructed experimental communities containing two bacterial species (Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and their phage parasites. Communities were propagated at two environmental temperatures that reversed the outcome of competition in the absence of phage.
resultsThe evenness of coexistence was enhanced in the presence of a phage infecting the superior competitor and in the presence of phage infecting both competitors. This occurred because phage altered the balance of competitive interactions through reductions in density of the superior competitor, allowing concomitant increases in density of the weaker competitor. However, even coexistence was not equally stable at the two environmental temperatures.
conclusionPhage can alter competitive interactions between bacterial species in a way that is consistent with the maintenance of coexistence. However, the stability of coexistence is likely to depend upon the nature of the constituent bacteria-bacteriophage interactions and environmental conditions.
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