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Evolutionary selection of biofilm-mediated extended phenotypes in Yersinia pestis in response to a fluctuating environment.
Nature communications - 15 Jan 2020
Cui Yujun, Schmid Boris V, Cao Hanli, Dai Xiang, Du Zongmin, Ryan Easterday W, Fang Haihong, Guo Chenyi, Huang Shanqian, Liu Wanbing, Qi Zhizhen, Song Yajun, Tian Huaiyu, Wang Min, Wu Yarong, Xu Bing, Yang Chao, Yang Jing, Yang Xianwei, Zhang Qingwen, Jakobsen Kjetill S, Zhang Yujiang, Stenseth Nils Chr, Yang Ruifu
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis is transmitted from fleas to rodents when the bacterium develops an extensive biofilm in the foregut of a flea, starving it into a feeding frenzy, or, alternatively, during a brief period directly after feeding on a bacteremic host. These two transmission modes are in a trade-off regulated by the amount of biofilm produced by the bacterium. Here by investigating 446 global isolated Y. pestis...
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