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Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil

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Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil. / Vos, Michiel; Birkett, Philip J.; Birch, Elizabeth et al.
In: Science, Vol. 325, No. 5942, 14.08.2009, p. 833.

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Vos, M, Birkett, PJ, Birch, E, Griffiths, RI & Buckling, A 2009, 'Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil', Science, vol. 325, no. 5942, pp. 833. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1174173

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Vos, M., Birkett, P. J., Birch, E., Griffiths, R. I., & Buckling, A. (2009). Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil. Science, 325(5942), 833. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1174173

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Vos M, Birkett PJ, Birch E, Griffiths RI, Buckling A. 2009. Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil. Science. 325(5942):833. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1174173

MLA

Vos, Michiel et al. "Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil". Science. 2009, 325(5942). 833. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1174173

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Vos M, Birkett PJ, Birch E, Griffiths RI, Buckling A. Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil. Science. 2009 Aug 14;325(5942):833. doi: 10.1126/science.1174173

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Vos, Michiel ; Birkett, Philip J. ; Birch, Elizabeth et al. / Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil. In: Science. 2009 ; Vol. 325, No. 5942. pp. 833.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Local Adaptation of Bacteriophages to Their Bacterial Hosts in Soil

AU - Vos, Michiel

AU - Birkett, Philip J.

AU - Birch, Elizabeth

AU - Griffiths, Robert I.

AU - Buckling, Angus

N1 - doi: 10.1126/science.1174173

PY - 2009/8/14

Y1 - 2009/8/14

N2 - A host-parasite system indicates how ecological and evolutionary mechanisms shape the distribution of microbes in soil. Microbes are incredibly abundant and diverse and are key to ecosystem functioning, yet relatively little is known about the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that shape their distributions. Bacteriophages, viral parasites that lyse their bacterial hosts, exert intense and spatially varying selection pressures on bacteria and vice versa. We measured local adaptation of bacteria and their associated phages in a centimeter-scale soil population. We first demonstrate that a large proportion of bacteria is sensitive to locally occurring phages. We then show that sympatric phages (isolated from the same 2-gram soil samples as the bacteria) are more infective than are phages from samples some distance away. This study demonstrates the importance of biotic interactions for the small-scale spatial structuring of microbial genetic diversity in soil.

AB - A host-parasite system indicates how ecological and evolutionary mechanisms shape the distribution of microbes in soil. Microbes are incredibly abundant and diverse and are key to ecosystem functioning, yet relatively little is known about the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that shape their distributions. Bacteriophages, viral parasites that lyse their bacterial hosts, exert intense and spatially varying selection pressures on bacteria and vice versa. We measured local adaptation of bacteria and their associated phages in a centimeter-scale soil population. We first demonstrate that a large proportion of bacteria is sensitive to locally occurring phages. We then show that sympatric phages (isolated from the same 2-gram soil samples as the bacteria) are more infective than are phages from samples some distance away. This study demonstrates the importance of biotic interactions for the small-scale spatial structuring of microbial genetic diversity in soil.

U2 - 10.1126/science.1174173

DO - 10.1126/science.1174173

M3 - Article

VL - 325

SP - 833

JO - Science

JF - Science

SN - 0036-8075

IS - 5942

ER -