Temperate phages both mediate and drive adaptive evolution in pathogen biofilms
(2016)
Journal Article
Davies, E., James, C., Williams, D., O'Brien, S., Fothergill, J., Haldenby, S., …Brockhurst, M. (2016). Temperate phages both mediate and drive adaptive evolution in pathogen biofilms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(29), 8266-8271. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1520056113
Temperate phages drive genomic diversification in bacterial pathogens. Phage-derived sequences are more common in pathogenic than non-pathogenic taxa, and are associated with changes in pathogen virulence. High abundance and mobilisation of temper... Read More about Temperate phages both mediate and drive adaptive evolution in pathogen biofilms.