Mutational meltdown of putative microbial altruists in Streptomyces coelicolor colonies
In Streptomyces coelicolor, a subpopulation of cells can arise that produce metabolically costly antibiotics and a division of labor that maximizes colony fitness. This study uses experimental evolution to understand the reproductive and genomic fate of these mutant cells, showing that the arising a...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29924-y |
| Summary: | In Streptomyces coelicolor, a subpopulation of cells can arise that produce metabolically costly antibiotics and a division of labor that maximizes colony fitness. This study uses experimental evolution to understand the reproductive and genomic fate of these mutant cells, showing that the arising altruistic cells are analogous to the reproductively sterile castes of social insects. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |