Antagonistic Mobile Genetic Elements Can Counteract Each Other’s Effects on Microbial Community Composition

Antagonistic Mobile Genetic Elements Can Counteract Each Other’s Effects on Microbial Community Composition

ABSTRACT Bacteriophages (“phages”) are hypothesized to be key drivers of bacterial population dynamics, driving microbial community composition, but empirical support for this is mixed. One reason why phages may have a less-than-expected impact on community composition is that many different phages...

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Main Authors: Meaghan Castledine, Arthur Newbury, Rai Lewis, Christian Hacker, Sean Meaden, Angus Buckling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-04-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
bacteriophages
indirect interactions
“kill the winner” dynamics
microbial communities
mobile genetic elements
plasmids
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00460-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00460-23

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