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Stabilization of cooperative virulence by the expression of an avirulent phenotype

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  • Médéric Diard

    (Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich)

  • Victor Garcia

    (Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitaetsstr. 16)

  • Lisa Maier

    (Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich)

  • Mitja N. P. Remus-Emsermann

    (Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich)

  • Roland R. Regoes

    (Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitaetsstr. 16)

  • Martin Ackermann

    (ETH Zurich, Ueberlandstr. 133PO Box 611, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland)

  • Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

    (Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich)

Abstract

A phenotypically avirulent subpopulation of the intestinal pathogen Salmonella typhimurium promotes evolutionary stability of virulence.

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  • Médéric Diard & Victor Garcia & Lisa Maier & Mitja N. P. Remus-Emsermann & Roland R. Regoes & Martin Ackermann & Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, 2013. "Stabilization of cooperative virulence by the expression of an avirulent phenotype," Nature, Nature, vol. 494(7437), pages 353-356, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:494:y:2013:i:7437:d:10.1038_nature11913
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11913
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    2. Peña, Jorge & Cooper, Guy Alexander & Liu, Ming & West, Stuart Andrew, 2020. "Dividing labour in social microorganisms: coordinated or random specialisation?," IAST Working Papers 20-104, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST).
    3. Felix J H Hol & Peter Galajda & Krisztina Nagy & Rutger G Woolthuis & Cees Dekker & Juan E Keymer, 2013. "Spatial Structure Facilitates Cooperation in a Social Dilemma: Empirical Evidence from a Bacterial Community," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(10), pages 1-10, October.
    4. Te Wu & Long Wang & Feng Fu, 2017. "Coevolutionary dynamics of phenotypic diversity and contingent cooperation," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, January.
    5. Anne-Stéphanie Rueff & Renske Raaphorst & Surya D. Aggarwal & Javier Santos-Moreno & Géraldine Laloux & Yolanda Schaerli & Jeffrey N. Weiser & Jan-Willem Veening, 2023. "Synthetic genetic oscillators demonstrate the functional importance of phenotypic variation in pneumococcal-host interactions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.

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