Social Bacteriophages
Despite their simplicity, viruses can display social-like interactions such as cooperation, communication, and cheating. Focusing on bacteriophages, here we review features including viral product sharing, cooperative evasion of antiviral defenses, prudent host exploitation, superinfection exclusion...
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| author | Pilar Domingo-Calap Lucas Mora-Quilis Rafael Sanjuán |
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| description | Despite their simplicity, viruses can display social-like interactions such as cooperation, communication, and cheating. Focusing on bacteriophages, here we review features including viral product sharing, cooperative evasion of antiviral defenses, prudent host exploitation, superinfection exclusion, and inter-phage peptide-mediated signaling. We argue that, in order to achieve a better understanding of these processes, their mechanisms of action need to be considered in the context of social evolution theory, paying special attention to key population-level factors such as genetic relatedness and spatial structure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45b9b5e902a14f5c9fc6303eb3b4100a2023-11-19T20:56:31ZengMDPI AGMicroorganisms2076-26072020-04-018453310.3390/microorganisms8040533Social BacteriophagesPilar Domingo-Calap0Lucas Mora-Quilis1Rafael Sanjuán2Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, I<sup>2</sup>SysBio, Universitat de València-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, SpainInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology, I<sup>2</sup>SysBio, Universitat de València-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, SpainInstitute for Integrative Systems Biology, I<sup>2</sup>SysBio, Universitat de València-CSIC, 46980 Paterna, SpainDespite their simplicity, viruses can display social-like interactions such as cooperation, communication, and cheating. Focusing on bacteriophages, here we review features including viral product sharing, cooperative evasion of antiviral defenses, prudent host exploitation, superinfection exclusion, and inter-phage peptide-mediated signaling. We argue that, in order to achieve a better understanding of these processes, their mechanisms of action need to be considered in the context of social evolution theory, paying special attention to key population-level factors such as genetic relatedness and spatial structure.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/4/533social evolutionsociovirologycooperationvirus–virus interactionsbacteriophage |
| spellingShingle | Pilar Domingo-Calap Lucas Mora-Quilis Rafael Sanjuán Social Bacteriophages Microorganisms social evolution sociovirology cooperation virus–virus interactions bacteriophage |
| title | Social Bacteriophages |
| title_full | Social Bacteriophages |
| title_fullStr | Social Bacteriophages |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Bacteriophages |
| title_short | Social Bacteriophages |
| title_sort | social bacteriophages |
| topic | social evolution sociovirology cooperation virus–virus interactions bacteriophage |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/4/533 |
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