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Within-host evolution decreases virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen

BACKGROUND: Pathogens evolve in a close antagonistic relationship with their hosts. The conventional theory proposes that evolution of virulence is highly dependent on the efficiency of direct host-to-host transmission. Many opportunistic pathogens, however, are not strictly dependent on the hosts d...

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Pubblicato in:BMC Evol Biol
Autori principali: Mikonranta, Lauri, Mappes, Johanna, Laakso, Jouni, Ketola, Tarmo
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539714/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26282271
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0447-5
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