Starvation can diversify the population structure and virulence strategies of an environmentally transmitting fish pathogen

BACKGROUND: Generalist bacterial pathogens, with the ability for environmental survival and growth, often face variable conditions during their outside-host period. Abiotic factors (such as nutrient deprivation) act as selection pressures for bacterial characteristics, but their effect on virulence...

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Main Authors: Sundberg, Lotta-Riina, Kunttu, Heidi M T, Valtonen, E Tellervo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984704/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24629049
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-67
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