ArticleBMC microbiology2012
Antagonistic interactions peak at intermediate genetic distance in clinical and laboratory strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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- Temporal patterns of local adaptation in soil pseudomonads.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2016Article
- Evolutionary relatedness does not predict competition and co-occurrence in natural or experimental communities of green algae.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
- Genome-wide patterns of recombination in the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Genome biology and evolution · 2014Article
- Evolution of microbial markets.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014Article
- Antagonism influences assembly of a Bacillus guild in a local community and is depicted as a food-chain network.The ISME journal · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundBacteria excrete costly toxins to defend their ecological niche. The evolution of such antagonistic interactions between individuals is expected to depend on both the social environment and the strength of resource competition. Antagonism is expected to be weak among highly similar genotypes because most individuals are immune to antagonistic agents and among dissimilar genotypes because these are unlikely to be competing for the same resources and antagonism should not yield much benefit. The strength of antagonism is therefore expected to peak at intermediate genetic distance.
resultsWe studied the ability of laboratory strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to prevent growth of 55 different clinical P. aeruginosa isolates derived from cystic fibrosis patients. Genetic distance was determined using genetic fingerprints. We found that the strength of antagonism was maximal among genotypes of intermediate genetic distance and we show that genetic distance and resource use are linked.
conclusionsOur results suggest that the importance of social interactions like antagonism may be modulated by the strength of resource competition.
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