Bacteriophage Ecology: Population Growth, Evolution, and Impact of Bacterial VirusesBacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that infect bacteria and are believed to be the most abundant and genetically diverse organisms on Earth. As such, their ecology is vast both in quantitative and qualitative terms. Their abundance makes an understanding of phage ecology increasingly relevant to bacterial ecosystem ecology, bacterial genomics and bacterial pathology. Abedon provides the first text on phage ecology for almost 20 years. Written by leading experts, synthesizing the three key approaches to studying phage ecology, namely studying them in natural environments (in situ), experimentally in the lab, or theoretically using mathematical or computer models. With strong emphasis on microbial population biology and distilling cutting-edge research into basic principles, this book will complement other currently available volumes. It will therefore serve as an essential resource for graduate students and researchers, particularly those with an interest in phage ecology and evolutionary biology. |
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adaptation adsorb alleles Appl aquatic bacterial densities bacterial host bacterial lawn Bacterial Viruses Bacteriol bacteriophage bacterium Biol Bohannan and Lenski Bršussow Bratbak Bull burst capsid Chao Chapter chemostat coinfection coliphages culture dynamics Ecol effects encoding environment environmental epistasis Equation Escherichia coli evolution evolutionary biology evolved experimental fitness free phages function genes genetic genome genotype growth rate host range immune impact increase infected bacteria interactions latent period Levin lysis lysogenic microbial Microbiol Miller molecular mutations natural nutrient occur optimal parameters particles pathogen phage adsorption phage density phage ecology phage genome phage growth phage infection phage population growth phage therapy phenotype plaque formation production prophage protein pseudolysogeny R. E. Lenski recombination replication resistance RNA virus Salmonella Section selection sequence Shiga toxin simulation species strains studies Suttle temperate phages theory tion toxin transduction uninfected viral virion virulence virus Waldor Weinbauer
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Page 2215 - Barksdale. L. and SB Arden (1974) Persisting bacteriophage infections, lysogeny, and phage conversions. Annu Rev Microbiol, 28, 265-299.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Bacteriophage Ecology: Population Growth, Evolution, and Impact of Bacterial Viruses Volume 15 of Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology |
| Editor | Stephen T. Abedon |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1139471945, 9781139471947 |
| Subjects | › › Science / Biotechnology Science / Life Sciences / Microbiology |
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