ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018
Migration promotes plasmid stability under spatially heterogeneous positive selection.
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- Ecological theory sheds light on plasmid diversity and dynamics.PLoS biology · 2026Article
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- Plasmids Increase the Competitive Ability of Plasmid-Bearing Cells Even When Transconjugants Are Poor Donors, as Shown by Computer Simulations.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Persisting uropathogenic Escherichia coli lineages show signatures of niche-specific within-host adaptation mediated by mobile genetic elements.Cell host & microbe · 2022Article
- Evolutionary mechanisms that determine which bacterial genes are carried on plasmids.Evolution letters · 2021Article
- Response of soil bacterial communities to high petroleum content in the absence of remediation procedures.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- The ecology of plasmid-coded antibiotic resistance: a basic framework for experimental research and modeling.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2021Review
- Plasmid Interactions Can Improve Plasmid Persistence in Bacterial Populations.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Bacteria-plasmid associations can be mutualistic or antagonistic depending on the strength of positive selection for plasmid-encoded genes, with contrasting outcomes for plasmid stability. In mutualistic environments, plasmids are swept to high frequency by positive selection, increasing the likelihood of compensatory evolution to ameliorate the plasmid cost, which promotes long-term stability. In antagonistic environments, plasmids are purged by negative selection, reducing the probability of compensatory evolution and driving their extinction. Here we show, using experimental evolution of
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