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Gayford JH. The multidimensional spectrum of eco-evolutionary relationships between sharks and remoras. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2024; 105:4-9. [PMID: 38622824 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Remoras are a highly specialised group of fishes known to associate with a range of marine megafauna, including elasmobranchs, cetaceans and marine reptiles. Remoras appear to benefit from these interspecific interactions through consumption of host dermal parasites or reduced cost of transport. Shark-remora associations are widely documented, yet our understanding of the costs and benefits involved in these interactions is poor. Studies frequently make claims about mutualistic, commensalistic or parasitic relationships without providing the necessary quantitative information necessary to make these claims. Here I explain why this approach is problematic, and proceed to examine shark-remora interactions in a rigorous eco-evolutionary framework. These interactions cannot be properly classified without considering net evolutionary fitness and context dependence. In reality, shark-remora interactions are best defined by a multidimensional spectrum of fitness consequences, with net fitness outcomes shifting between mutualism and parasitism (and vice versa) through space and time.
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- Joel H Gayford
- Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Shark Measurements, London, UK
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Pike VL, Stevens EJ, Griffin AS, King KC. Within- and between-host dynamics of producer and non-producer pathogens. Parasitology 2023; 150:805-812. [PMID: 37394480 PMCID: PMC10478067 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182023000586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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For infections to be maintained in a population, pathogens must compete to colonize hosts and transmit between them. We use an experimental approach to investigate within-and-between host dynamics using the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the animal host Caenorhabditis elegans. Within-host interactions can involve the production of goods that are beneficial to all pathogens in the local environment but susceptible to exploitation by non-producers. We exposed the nematode host to ‘producer’ and two ‘non-producer’ bacterial strains (specifically for siderophore production and quorum sensing), in single infections and coinfections, to investigate within-host colonization. Subsequently, we introduced infected nematodes to pathogen-naive populations to allow natural transmission between hosts. We find that producer pathogens are consistently better at colonizing hosts and transmitting between them than non-producers during coinfection and single infection. Non-producers were poor at colonizing hosts and between-host transmission, even when coinfecting with producers. Understanding pathogen dynamics across these multiple levels will ultimately help us predict and control the spread of infections, as well as contribute to explanations for the persistence of cooperative genotypes in natural populations.
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Forti LR, Szabo JK, Japyassú HF. Host manipulation by parasites through the lens of Niche Construction Theory. Behav Processes 2023:104907. [PMID: 37352944 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 06/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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The effect of parasites on host behaviour is generally considered an example of the extended phenotype, implying that parasite genes alter host behaviour to benefit the parasite. While the extended phenotype is a valid perspective supported by empirical examples, this approach was proposed from an evolutionary perspective and it does not fully explain all processes that occur at ecological time scales. For instance, the roles of the ontogenetic environment, memory and learning in forming the host phenotype are not explicitly mentioned. Furthermore, the cumulative effect of diverse populations or communities of parasites on host phenotype cannot be attributed to a particular genotype, much less to a particular gene. Building on the idea that the behaviour of a host is the result of a complex process, which certainly goes beyond a specific parasite gene, we use Niche Construction Theory to describe certain systems that are not generally the main focus in the extended phenotype (EP) model. We introduce three niche construction models with corresponding empirical examples that capture the diversity and complexity of host-parasite interactions, providing predictions that simpler models cannot generate. We hope that this novel perspective will inspire further research on the topic, given the impact of ecological factors on both short-, and long-term effects of parasitism.
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- Lucas Rodriguez Forti
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, 668 - Campus de Ondina CEP: 40170-115 Salvador - Bahia, Brazil; Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Av. Francisco Mota, 572 - Bairro Costa e Silva, 59625-900, Mossoró - Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, 668 - Campus de Ondina CEP: 40170-115 Salvador - Bahia, Brazil; College of Engineering, IT and Environment, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0909, Australia
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, 668 - Campus de Ondina CEP: 40170-115 Salvador - Bahia, Brazil; INCT-INTREE: Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia para estudos Interdisciplinares e Transdisciplinares em Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal da Bahia
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Hector TE, Gehman ALM, King KC. Infection burdens and virulence under heat stress: ecological and evolutionary considerations. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20220018. [PMID: 36744570 PMCID: PMC9900716 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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As a result of global change, hosts and parasites (including pathogens) are experiencing shifts in their thermal environment. Despite the importance of heat stress tolerance for host population persistence, infection by parasites can impair a host's ability to cope with heat. Host-parasite eco-evolutionary dynamics will be affected if infection reduces host performance during heating. Theory predicts that within-host parasite burden (replication rate or number of infecting parasites per host), a key component of parasite fitness, should correlate positively with virulence-the harm caused to hosts during infection. Surprisingly, however, the relationship between within-host parasite burden and virulence during heating is often weak. Here, we describe the current evidence for the link between within-host parasite burden and host heat stress tolerance. We consider the biology of host-parasite systems that may explain the weak or absent link between these two important host and parasite traits during hot conditions. The processes that mediate the relationship between parasite burden and host fitness will be fundamental in ecological and evolutionary responses of host and parasites in a warming world. This article is part of the theme issue 'Infectious disease ecology and evolution in a changing world'.
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- T. E. Hector
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3SZ, UK
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- Hakai Institute, End of Kwakshua Channel, Calvert Island, BC Canada, V0N 1M0
- Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada, V6T 1Z4
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3SZ, UK
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Hahn MA, Piecyk A, Jorge F, Cerrato R, Kalbe M, Dheilly NM. Host phenotype and microbiome vary with infection status, parasite genotype, and parasite microbiome composition. Mol Ecol 2022; 31:1577-1594. [PMID: 35000227 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A growing literature demonstrates the impact of helminths on their host gut microbiome. We investigated whether the stickleback host microbiome depends on eco-evolutionary variables by testing the impact of exposure to the cestode parasite Schistocephalus solidus with respect to infection success, host genotype, parasite genotype, and parasite microbiome composition. We observed constitutive differences in the microbiome of sticklebacks of different origin, and those differences increased when sticklebacks exposed to the parasite resisted infection. In contrast, the microbiome of successfully infected sticklebacks varied with parasite genotype. More specifically, we revealed that the association between microbiome and immune gene expression increased in infected individuals and varied with parasite genotype. In addition, we showed that S. solidus hosts a complex endo- microbiome and that bacterial abundance in the parasite correlates with expression of host immune genes. Within this comprehensive analysis we demonstrated that (i) parasites contribute to modulating the host microbiome through both successful and unsuccessful infection, (ii) when infection is successful, the host microbiome varies with parasite genotype due to genotype-dependent variation in parasite immunomodulation, and (iii) the parasite-associated microbiome is distinct from its host's and impacts the host immune response to infection.
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- Megan A Hahn
- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany.,Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes, GEOMAR Helmholtz, Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany.,Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes, GEOMAR Helmholtz, Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.,ANSES, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail - Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané, Unité Génétique Virale de Biosécurité, Ploufragan, France.,UMR 1161 Virology ANSES/INRAE/ENVA, ANSES Animal Health Laboratory, 94704, Maisons-Alfort, France
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Gurney J, Simonet C, Wollein Waldetoft K, Brown SP. Challenges and opportunities for cheat therapy in the control of bacterial infections. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 39:325-334. [PMID: 34913456 DOI: 10.1039/d1np00053e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Covering: 1999 to 2021Bacterial pathogens can be highly social, communicating and cooperating within multi-cellular groups to make us sick. The requirement for collective action in pathogens presents novel therapeutic avenues that seek to undermine cooperative behavior, what we call here 'cheat therapies'. We review two broad avenues of cheat therapy: first, the introduction of genetically engineered 'cheat' strains (bio-control cheats), and second the chemical induction of 'cheat' behavior in the infecting pathogens (chemical-control cheats). Both genetically engineered and chemically induced cheats can socially exploit the cooperative wildtype infection, reducing pathogen burden and the severity of disease. We review the costs and benefits of cheat therapies, highlighting advantages of evolutionary robustness and also the challenges of low to moderate efficacy, compared to conventional antibiotic treatments. We end with a summary of what we see as the most valuable next steps, focusing on adjuvant treatments and use as alternate therapies for mild, self-resolving infections - allowing the reservation of current and highly effective antibiotics for more critical patient needs.
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- James Gurney
- Center for Microbial Dynamics & Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332 GA, USA. .,School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332 GA, USA
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK
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- Center for Microbial Dynamics & Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332 GA, USA. .,School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332 GA, USA.,Torsby Hospital, Torsby, Sweden
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- Center for Microbial Dynamics & Infection, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332 GA, USA. .,School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332 GA, USA
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Santa MA, Musiani M, Ruckstuhl KE, Massolo A. A review on invasions by parasites with complex life cycles: the European strain of Echinococcus multilocularis in North America as a model. Parasitology 2021; 148:1532-1544. [PMID: 35060461 PMCID: PMC8564803 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182021001426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In a fast-changing and globalized world, parasites are moved across continents at an increasing pace. Co-invasion of parasites and their hosts is leading to the emergence of infectious diseases at a global scale, underlining the need for integration of biological invasions and disease ecology research. In this review, the ecological and evolutionary factors influencing the invasion process of parasites with complex life cycles were analysed, using the invasion of the European strain of Echinococcus multilocularis in North America as a model. The aim was to propose an ecological framework for investigating the invasion of parasites that are trophically transmitted through predator–prey interactions, showing how despite the complexity of the cycles and the interactions among multiple hosts, such parasites can overcome multiple barriers and become invasive. Identifying the key ecological processes affecting the success of parasite invasions is an important step for risk assessment and development of management strategies, particularly for parasites with the potential to infect people (i.e. zoonotic).
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- Maria A. Santa
- Department of Biology, University of Calgary, AlbertaT2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Calgary, AlbertaT2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, AlbertaT2N 4Z6, Canada
- Ethology Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy
- UMR CNRS 6249 Chrono-Environnement, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, 25030, France
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Lindsay RJ, Jepson A, Butt L, Holder PJ, Smug BJ, Gudelj I. Would that it were so simple: Interactions between multiple traits undermine classical single-trait-based predictions of microbial community function and evolution. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:2775-2795. [PMID: 34453399 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Understanding how microbial traits affect the evolution and functioning of microbial communities is fundamental for improving the management of harmful microorganisms, while promoting those that are beneficial. Decades of evolutionary ecology research has focused on examining microbial cooperation, diversity, productivity and virulence but with one crucial limitation. The traits under consideration, such as public good production and resistance to antibiotics or predation, are often assumed to act in isolation. Yet, in reality, multiple traits frequently interact, which can lead to unexpected and undesired outcomes for the health of macroorganisms and ecosystem functioning. This is because many predictions generated in a single-trait context aimed at promoting diversity, reducing virulence or controlling antibiotic resistance can fail for systems where multiple traits interact. Here, we provide a much needed discussion and synthesis of the most recent research to reveal the widespread and diverse nature of multi-trait interactions and their consequences for predicting and controlling microbial community dynamics. Importantly, we argue that synthetic microbial communities and multi-trait mathematical models are powerful tools for managing the beneficial and detrimental impacts of microbial communities, such that past mistakes, like those made regarding the stewardship of antimicrobials, are not repeated.
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- Richard J Lindsay
- Biosciences and Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Biosciences and Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Biosciences and Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Biosciences and Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Biosciences and Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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Gjini E, Madec S. The ratio of single to co-colonization is key to complexity in interacting systems with multiple strains. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:8456-8474. [PMID: 34257910 PMCID: PMC8258234 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The high number and diversity of microbial strains circulating in host populations have motivated extensive research on the mechanisms that maintain biodiversity. However, much of this work focuses on strain-specific and cross-immunity interactions. Another less explored mode of pairwise interaction is via altered susceptibilities to co-colonization in hosts already colonized by one strain. Diversity in such interaction coefficients enables strains to create dynamically their niches for growth and persistence, and "engineer" their common environment. How such a network of interactions with others mediates collective coexistence remains puzzling analytically and computationally difficult to simulate. Furthermore, the gradients modulating stability-complexity regimes in such multi-player endemic systems remain poorly understood. In a recent study (Madec & Gjini, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 82), we obtained an analytic representation for N-type coexistence in an SIS epidemiological model with co-colonization. We mapped multi-strain dynamics to a replicator equation using timescale separation. Here, we examine what drives coexistence regimes in such co-colonization system. We find the ratio of single to co-colonization, µ, critically determines the type of equilibrium and number of coexisting strains, and encodes a trade-off between overall transmission intensity R 0 and mean interaction coefficient in strain space, k. Preserving a given coexistence regime, under fixed trait variation, requires balancing between higher mean competition in favorable environments, and higher cooperation in harsher environments, and is consistent with the stress gradient hypothesis. Multi-strain coexistence tends to steady-state attractors for small µ, whereas as µ increases, dynamics tend to more complex attractors. Following strain frequencies, evolutionary dynamics in the system also display contrasting patterns with µ, interpolating between multi-stable and fluctuating selection for cooperation and mean invasion fitness, in the two extremes. This co-colonization framework could be applied more generally, to study invariant principles in collective coexistence, and to quantify how critical shifts in community dynamics get potentiated by mean-field and environmental gradients.
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- Erida Gjini
- Instituto Gulbenkian de CiênciaOeirasPortugal
- Center for Computational and Stochastic MathematicsInstituto Superior TécnicoUniversity of LisbonLisbonPortugal
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- Institut Denis PoissonUniversity of ToursToursFrance
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A metagenomics approach to investigate microbiome sociobiology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2100934118. [PMID: 33593943 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100934118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Simonet C, McNally L. Kin selection explains the evolution of cooperation in the gut microbiota. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2016046118. [PMID: 33526674 PMCID: PMC8017935 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2016046118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Through the secretion of "public goods" molecules, microbes cooperatively exploit their habitat. This is known as a major driver of the functioning of microbial communities, including in human disease. Understanding why microbial species cooperate is therefore crucial to achieve successful microbial community management, such as microbiome manipulation. A leading explanation is that of Hamilton's inclusive-fitness framework. A cooperator can indirectly transmit its genes by helping the reproduction of an individual carrying similar genes. Therefore, all else being equal, as relatedness among individuals increases, so should cooperation. However, the predictive power of relatedness, particularly in microbes, is surrounded by controversy. Using phylogenetic comparative analyses across the full diversity of the human gut microbiota and six forms of cooperation, we find that relatedness is predictive of the cooperative gene content evolution in gut-microbe genomes. Hence, relatedness is predictive of cooperation over broad microbial taxonomic levels that encompass variation in other life-history and ecology details. This supports the generality of Hamilton's central insights and the relevance of relatedness as a key parameter of interest to advance microbial predictive and engineering science.
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- Camille Simonet
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, United Kingdom;
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, United Kingdom
- Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom
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Vanderwoude J, Fleming D, Azimi S, Trivedi U, Rumbaugh KP, Diggle SP. The evolution of virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during chronic wound infection. Proc Biol Sci 2020; 287:20202272. [PMID: 33081616 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Opportunistic pathogens are associated with a number of chronic human infections, yet the evolution of virulence in these organisms during chronic infection remains poorly understood. Here, we tested the evolution of virulence in the human opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a murine chronic wound model using a two-part serial passage and sepsis experiment, and found that virulence evolved in different directions in each line of evolution. We also assessed P. aeruginosa adaptation to a chronic wound after 42 days of evolution and found that morphological diversity in our evolved populations was limited compared with that previously described in cystic fibrosis (CF) infections. Using whole-genome sequencing, we found that genes previously implicated in P. aeruginosa pathogenesis (lasR, pilR, fleQ, rpoN and pvcA) contained mutations during the course of evolution in wounds, with selection occurring in parallel across all lines of evolution. Our findings highlight that: (i) P. aeruginosa heterogeneity may be less extensive in chronic wounds than in CF lungs; (ii) genes involved in P. aeruginosa pathogenesis acquire mutations during chronic wound infection; (iii) similar genetic adaptations are employed by P. aeruginosa across multiple infection environments; and (iv) current models of virulence may not adequately explain the diverging evolutionary trajectories observed in an opportunistic pathogen during chronic wound infection.
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- Jelly Vanderwoude
- Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Section of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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- Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Figueiredo ART, Kramer J. Cooperation and Conflict Within the Microbiota and Their Effects On Animal Hosts. Front Ecol Evol 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Rezzoagli C, Granato ET, Kümmerli R. Harnessing bacterial interactions to manage infections: a review on the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a case example. J Med Microbiol 2020; 69:147-161. [PMID: 31961787 PMCID: PMC7116537 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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During infections, bacterial pathogens can engage in a variety of interactions with each other, ranging from the cooperative sharing of resources to deadly warfare. This is especially relevant in opportunistic infections, where different strains and species often co-infect the same patient and interact in the host. Here, we review the relevance of these social interactions during opportunistic infections using the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a case example. In particular, we discuss different types of pathogen-pathogen interactions, involving both cooperation and competition, and elaborate on how they impact virulence in multi-strain and multi-species infections. We then review evolutionary dynamics within pathogen populations during chronic infections. We particuarly discuss how local adaptation through niche separation, evolutionary successions and antagonistic co-evolution between pathogens can alter virulence and the damage inflicted on the host. Finally, we outline how studying bacterial social dynamics could be used to manage infections. We show that a deeper appreciation of bacterial evolution and ecology in the clinical context is important for understanding microbial infections and can inspire novel treatment strategies.
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- Chiara Rezzoagli
- Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Abedon ST. Look Who's Talking: T-Even Phage Lysis Inhibition, the Granddaddy of Virus-Virus Intercellular Communication Research. Viruses 2019; 11:v11100951. [PMID: 31623057 PMCID: PMC6832632 DOI: 10.3390/v11100951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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That communication can occur between virus-infected cells has been appreciated for nearly as long as has virus molecular biology. The original virus communication process specifically was that seen with T-even bacteriophages-phages T2, T4, and T6-resulting in what was labeled as a lysis inhibition. Another proposed virus communication phenomenon, also seen with T-even phages, can be described as a phage-adsorption-induced synchronized lysis-inhibition collapse. Both are mediated by virions that were released from earlier-lysing, phage-infected bacteria. Each may represent ecological responses, in terms of phage lysis timing, to high local densities of phage-infected bacteria, but for lysis inhibition also to locally reduced densities of phage-uninfected bacteria. With lysis inhibition, the outcome is a temporary avoidance of lysis, i.e., a lysis delay, resulting in increased numbers of virions (greater burst size). Synchronized lysis-inhibition collapse, by contrast, is an accelerated lysis which is imposed upon phage-infected bacteria by virions that have been lytically released from other phage-infected bacteria. Here I consider some history of lysis inhibition, its laboratory manifestation, its molecular basis, how it may benefit expressing phages, and its potential ecological role. I discuss as well other, more recently recognized examples of virus-virus intercellular communication.
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- Stephen T Abedon
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH 44906, USA.
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Bhattacharya A, Toro Díaz VC, Morran LT, Bashey F. Evolution of increased virulence is associated with decreased spite in the insect-pathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila. Biol Lett 2019; 15:20190432. [PMID: 31455168 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Disease virulence may be strongly influenced by social interactions among pathogens, both during the time course of an infection and evolutionarily. Here, we examine how spiteful bacteriocin production in the insect-pathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila is evolutionarily linked to its virulence. We expected a negative correlation between virulence and spite owing to their inverse correlations with growth. We examined bacteriocin production and growth across 14 experimentally evolved lineages that show faster host-killing relative to their ancestral population. Consistent with expectations, these more virulent lineages showed reduced bacteriocin production and faster growth relative to the ancestor. Further, bacteriocin production was negatively correlated with growth across the examined lineages. These results strongly support an evolutionary trade-off between virulence and bacteriocin production and lend credence to the view that disease management can be improved by exploiting pathogen social interactions.
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- Amrita Bhattacharya
- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Rezzoagli C, Granato ET, Kümmerli R. In-vivo microscopy reveals the impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa social interactions on host colonization. ISME JOURNAL 2019; 13:2403-2414. [PMID: 31123320 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0442-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pathogenic bacteria engage in social interactions to colonize hosts, which include quorum-sensing-mediated communication and the secretion of virulence factors that can be shared as "public goods" between individuals. While in-vitro studies demonstrated that cooperative individuals can be displaced by "cheating" mutants freeriding on social acts, we know less about social interactions in infections. Here, we developed a live imaging system to track virulence factor expression and social strain interactions in the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonizing the gut of Caenorhabditis elegans. We found that shareable siderophores and quorum-sensing systems are expressed during infections, affect host gut colonization, and benefit non-producers. However, non-producers were unable to successfully cheat and outcompete producers. Our results indicate that the limited success of cheats is due to a combination of the down-regulation of virulence factors over the course of the infection, the fact that each virulence factor examined contributed to but was not essential for host colonization, and the potential for negative frequency-dependent selection. Our findings shed new light on bacterial social interactions in infections and reveal potential limits of therapeutic approaches that aim to capitalize on social dynamics between strains for infection control.
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- Chiara Rezzoagli
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. .,Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. .,Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Microbial evolutionary medicine: from theory to clinical practice. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2019; 19:e273-e283. [PMID: 31053492 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30045-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Medicine and clinical microbiology have traditionally attempted to identify and eliminate the agents that cause disease. However, this traditional approach is becoming inadequate for dealing with a changing disease landscape. Major challenges to human health are non-communicable chronic diseases, often driven by altered immunity and inflammation, and communicable infections from agents which harbour antibiotic resistance. This Review focuses on the so-called evolutionary medicine framework, to study how microbial communities influence human health. The evolutionary medicine framework aims to predict and manipulate microbial effects on human health by integrating ecology, evolutionary biology, microbiology, bioinformatics, and clinical expertise. We focus on the potential of evolutionary medicine to address three key challenges: detecting microbial transmission, predicting antimicrobial resistance, and understanding microbe-microbe and human-microbe interactions in health and disease, in the context of the microbiome.
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Bakhtiari M, Formenti L, Caggìa V, Glauser G, Rasmann S. Variable effects on growth and defense traits for plant ecotypic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity along elevation gradients. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:3740-3755. [PMID: 31015963 PMCID: PMC6468067 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Along ecological gradients, phenotypic differentiation can arise through natural selection on trait diversity and magnitude, and environment-driven plastic changes. The magnitude of ecotypic differentiation versus phenotypic plasticity can vary depending on the traits under study. Using reciprocal transplant-common gardens along steep elevation gradients, we evaluated patterns of ecotypic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity of several growth and defense-related traits for two coexisting but unrelated plant species, Cardamine pratensis and Plantago major. For both species, we observed ecotypic differentiation accompanied by plasticity in growth-related traits. Plants grew faster and produced more biomass when placed at low elevation. In contrast, we observed fixed ecotypic differentiation for defense and resistance traits. Generally, low-elevation ecotypes produced higher chemical defenses regardless of the growing elevation. Yet, some plasticity was observed for specific compounds, such as indole glucosinolates. The results of this study may suggest that ecotypic differentiation in defense traits is maintained by costs of chemical defense production, while plasticity in growth traits is regulated by temperature-driven growth response maximization.
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- Moe Bakhtiari
- Institute of BiologyUniversity of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
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- Institute of BiologyUniversity of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
- Institute of Plant ScienceUniversity of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Neuchâtel Platform of Analytical ChemistryUniversity of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
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- Institute of BiologyUniversity of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
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Domingo-Calap P, Segredo-Otero E, Durán-Moreno M, Sanjuán R. Social evolution of innate immunity evasion in a virus. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:1006-1013. [PMID: 30833734 PMCID: PMC6544518 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0379-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Antiviral immunity has been studied extensively from the perspective of
virus-cell interactions, yet the role of virus-virus interactions remains poorly
addressed. Here we demonstrate that viral escape from interferon (IFN)-based
innate immunity is a social process in which IFN-stimulating viruses determine
the fitness of neighbor viruses. We propose a general and simple
social-evolution framework to analyze how natural selection acts on IFN
shutdown, and validate it in cell cultures and mice infected with vesicular
stomatitis virus (VSV). Additionally, we find that IFN shutdown is costly
because it reduces short-term viral progeny production, thus fulfilling the
definition of an altruistic trait. Hence, in well-mixed populations the
IFN-blocking wild-type virus is susceptible to invasion by IFN-stimulating
variants, and spatial structure consequently determines whether IFN shutdown can
evolve. Our findings reveal that fundamental social evolution rules govern viral
innate immunity evasion and virulence, and suggest possible antiviral
interventions.
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- Pilar Domingo-Calap
- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Paterna, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Paterna, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Paterna, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Universitat de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Paterna, Spain.
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Andersen SB, Ghoul M, Marvig RL, Lee ZB, Molin S, Johansen HK, Griffin AS. Privatisation rescues function following loss of cooperation. eLife 2018; 7:e38594. [PMID: 30558711 PMCID: PMC6298776 DOI: 10.7554/elife.38594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A single cheating mutant can lead to the invasion and eventual eradication of cooperation from a population. Consequently, cheat invasion is often considered equal to extinction in empirical and theoretical studies of cooperator-cheat dynamics. But does cheat invasion necessarily equate extinction in nature? By following the social dynamics of iron metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during cystic fibrosis lung infection, we observed that individuals evolved to replace cooperation with a 'private' behaviour. Phenotypic assays showed that cooperative iron acquisition frequently was upregulated early in infection, which, however, increased the risk of cheat invasion. With whole-genome sequencing we showed that if, and only if, cooperative iron acquisition is lost from the population, a private system was upregulated. The benefit of upregulation depended on iron availability. These findings highlight the importance of social dynamics of natural populations and emphasizes the potential impact of past social interaction on the evolution of private traits.
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- Sandra Breum Andersen
- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for BiosustainabilityTechnical University of DenmarkLyngbyDenmark
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for BiosustainabilityTechnical University of DenmarkLyngbyDenmark
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- Department of Clinical MicrobiologyRigshospitaletCopenhagenDenmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical SciencesUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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Zélé F, Magalhães S, Kéfi S, Duncan AB. Ecology and evolution of facilitation among symbionts. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4869. [PMID: 30451829 PMCID: PMC6242936 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06779-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Facilitation occurs when one species positively impacts the fitness of another, and has predominantly been studied in free-living species like plants. Facilitation can also occur among symbiont (mutualistic or parasitic) species or strains, but equivalent studies are scarce. To advance an integrated view of the effect of facilitation on symbiont ecology and evolution, we review empirical evidence and their underlying mechanisms, explore the factors favouring its emergence, and discuss its consequences for virulence and transmission. We argue that the facilitation concept can improve understanding of the evolutionary forces shaping symbiont communities and their effects on hosts.
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- Flore Zélé
- cE3c: Centre for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Edifício C2, piso-3, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- cE3c: Centre for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Edifício C2, piso-3, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- ISEM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, Cedex 05, France
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- ISEM, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, Cedex 05, France.
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Leinweber A, Weigert M, Kümmerli R. The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa senses and gradually responds to interspecific competition for iron. Evolution 2018; 72:1515-1528. [PMID: 29665015 PMCID: PMC6314444 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Phenotypic plasticity in response to competition is a well-described phenomenon in higher organisms. Here, we show that also bacteria have the ability to sense the presence of competitors and mount fine-tuned responses to match prevailing levels of competition. In our experiments, we studied interspecific competition for iron between the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and its competitor Burkholderia cenocepacia (BC). We focused on the ability of PA to phenotypically adjust the production of pyoverdine, an iron-scavenging siderophore. We found that PA upregulates pyoverdine production early on during competition under condition of low iron availability. This plastic upregulation was fine-tuned in response to the level of competition imposed by BC, and seems to confer a relative fitness benefit to PA in the form of an earlier initiation of growth. At later time points, however, PA showed reduced growth in mixed compared to monoculture, suggesting that competitive responses are costly. Altogether, our results demonstrate that phenotypic plasticity in siderophore production plays an important role in interspecific competition for iron. Upregulating siderophore production may be a powerful strategy to lock iron away from competing species, and to reserve this nutrient for strain members possessing the compatible receptor for uptake.
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- Anne Leinweber
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Gleichsner AM, Reinhart K, Minchella DJ. The influence of related and unrelated co-infections on parasite dynamics and virulence. Oecologia 2017; 186:555-564. [PMID: 29234885 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-4035-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Many parasitic infections increase the morbidity and mortality of host populations. Interactions between co-infecting parasites can influence virulence, the damage done to a host. Previous studies investigating the impacts of parasite co-infection on hosts have been limited by their inability to control parasite dosage, use consistent virulence metrics, or verify co-infection status. This study used molecular tools, known infection dosage, and multiple assessments over time to test whether parasite relatedness can predict virulence in co-infections, as well as whether competitive interactions between different parasite strains within a host are predictable over time. In addition, we examined the impacts of other parasite traits, such as infectivity, as alternative predictors of virulence and competition outcomes. Hosts with single-strain (related) parasite infections were found to have lower virulence in terms of host and parasite reproduction, supporting kin selection predictions. However, these infections also resulted in higher host mortality. We argue that mortality should not be used as a measurement of virulence in parasite systems that castrate hosts. Hosts were more susceptible to mixed strain (unrelated) parasite infections, indicating that co-infections may make resistance more costly to hosts. Co-infections were dynamic, with changes in parasite dominance over the course of the infection. The more infective parasite strain appeared to suppress the less infective strain, ultimately increasing host longevity. Our findings suggest that unrelated, or more diverse, parasite infections are associated with higher virulence, but that studies must consider their methodology and possible alternative explanations beyond kin selection to understand virulence outcomes.
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- A M Gleichsner
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA. .,Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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Koonin EV. Viruses and mobile elements as drivers of evolutionary transitions. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017; 371:rstb.2015.0442. [PMID: 27431520 PMCID: PMC4958936 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The history of life is punctuated by evolutionary transitions which engender emergence of new levels of biological organization that involves selection acting at increasingly complex ensembles of biological entities. Major evolutionary transitions include the origin of prokaryotic and then eukaryotic cells, multicellular organisms and eusocial animals. All or nearly all cellular life forms are hosts to diverse selfish genetic elements with various levels of autonomy including plasmids, transposons and viruses. I present evidence that, at least up to and including the origin of multicellularity, evolutionary transitions are driven by the coevolution of hosts with these genetic parasites along with sharing of ‘public goods’. Selfish elements drive evolutionary transitions at two distinct levels. First, mathematical modelling of evolutionary processes, such as evolution of primitive replicator populations or unicellular organisms, indicates that only increasing organizational complexity, e.g. emergence of multicellular aggregates, can prevent the collapse of the host–parasite system under the pressure of parasites. Second, comparative genomic analysis reveals numerous cases of recruitment of genes with essential functions in cellular life forms, including those that enable evolutionary transitions. This article is part of the themed issue ‘The major synthetic evolutionary transitions’.
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- Eugene V Koonin
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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Silvester E, Young J, Ivens A, Matthews KR. Interspecies quorum sensing in co-infections can manipulate trypanosome transmission potential. Nat Microbiol 2017; 2:1471-1479. [PMID: 28871083 PMCID: PMC5660621 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0014-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is commonly used in microbial communities and some unicellular parasites to coordinate group behaviours 1,2 . An example is Trypanosoma brucei, which causes human African trypanosomiasis, as well as the livestock disease, nagana. Trypanosomes are spread by tsetse flies, their transmission being enabled by cell-cycle arrested 'stumpy forms' that are generated in a density-dependent manner in mammalian blood. QS is mediated through a small (<500 Da), non-proteinaceous, stable but unidentified 'stumpy induction factor' 3 , whose signal response pathway has been identified. Although QS is characterized in T. brucei, co-infections with other trypanosome species (Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax) are common in animals, generating the potential for interspecies interactions. Here, we show that T. congolense exhibits density-dependent growth control in vivo and conserves QS regulatory genes, of which one can complement a T. brucei QS signal-blind mutant to restore stumpy formation. Thereafter, we demonstrate that T. congolense-conditioned culture medium promotes T. brucei stumpy formation in vitro, which is dependent on the integrity of the QS signalling pathway. Finally, we show that, in vivo, co-infection with T. congolense accelerates differentiation to stumpy forms in T. brucei, which is also QS dependent. These cross-species interactions have important implications for trypanosome virulence, transmission, competition and evolution in the field.
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- Eleanor Silvester
- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK
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- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK.
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Cłapa T, Narożna D, Siuda R, Borkowski A, Selwet M, Mądrzak CJ, Koźlecka E. Bacterial Communities from the Arsenic Mine in Złoty Stok, Sudety Mountains, Poland. Pol J Microbiol 2017; 66:375-381. [PMID: 29319506 DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.4875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Investigations of bacterial communities and characterization of mineralogy of the environment in the Złoty Stok As-Au deposit were carried out. PXRD analysis revealed the presence of picropharmacolite as the most common secondary arsenic mineral in the mine. Total DNA was extracted from slime streams or slime biofilms samples to investigate the bacterial communities. PCR amplification of 16S rDNA was performed followed by subcloning of its products. Over 170 clones were analyzed by means of RFLP method. Eight group of clones representing different restriction patterns were identified. The nucleotide sequences of their inserts suggest that bacteria present in the mine environment belong to: Flavobacteria, Sphingobacteriia, Bacteroides, Proteobacteria, Mollicutes and Firmicutes. The metagenomic approach allows to demonstrate a higher diversity of microbiota than classical microbiological studies of cultivable isolates.
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- Tomasz Cłapa
- Department of General and Environmental Microbiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of General and Environmental Microbiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of General and Environmental Microbiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Almost all cellular life forms are hosts to diverse genetic parasites with various levels of autonomy including plasmids, transposons and viruses. Theoretical modeling of the evolution of primordial replicators indicates that parasites (cheaters) necessarily evolve in such systems and can be kept at bay primarily via compartmentalization. Given the (near) ubiquity, abundance and diversity of genetic parasites, the question becomes pertinent: are such parasites intrinsic to life? At least in prokaryotes, the persistence of parasites is linked to the rate of horizontal gene transfer (HGT). We mathematically derive the threshold value of the minimal transfer rate required for selfish element persistence, depending on the element duplication and loss rates as well as the cost to the host. Estimation of the characteristic gene duplication, loss and transfer rates for transposons, plasmids and virus-related elements in multiple groups of diverse bacteria and archaea indicates that most of these rates are compatible with the long term persistence of parasites. Notably, a small but non-zero rate of HGT is also required for the persistence of non-parasitic genes. We hypothesize that cells cannot tune their horizontal transfer rates to be below the threshold required for parasite persistence without experiencing highly detrimental side-effects. As a lower boundary to the minimum DNA transfer rate that a cell can withstand, we consider the process of genome degradation and mutational meltdown of populations through Muller's ratchet. A numerical assessment of this hypothesis suggests that microbial populations cannot purge parasites while escaping Muller's ratchet. Thus, genetic parasites appear to be virtually inevitable in cellular organisms.
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- Jaime Iranzo
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Present address: Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
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An age-dependent model to analyse the evolutionary stability of bacterial quorum sensing. J Theor Biol 2016; 405:104-15. [PMID: 26796220 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2015.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bacterial communication is enabled through the collective release and sensing of signalling molecules in a process called quorum sensing. Cooperative processes can easily be destabilized by the appearance of cheaters, who contribute little or nothing at all to the production of common goods. This especially applies for planktonic cultures. In this study, we analyse the dynamics of bacterial quorum sensing and its evolutionary stability under two levels of cooperation, namely signal and enzyme production. The model accounts for mutation rates and switches between planktonic and biofilm state of growth. We present a mathematical approach to model these dynamics using age-dependent colony models. We explore the conditions under which cooperation is stable and find that spatial structuring can lead to long-term scenarios such as coexistence or bistability, depending on the non-linear combination of different parameters like death rates and production costs.
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Bose J, Kloesener MH, Schulte RD. Multiple-genotype infections and their complex effect on virulence. ZOOLOGY 2016; 119:339-49. [PMID: 27389395 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Multiple infections are common. Although in recent years our understanding of multiple infections has increased significantly, it has also become clear that a diversity of aspects has to be considered to understand the interplay between co-infecting parasite genotypes of the same species and its implications for virulence and epidemiology, resulting in high complexity. Here, we review different interaction mechanisms described for multiple infections ranging from competition to cooperation. We also list factors influencing the interaction between co-infecting parasite genotypes and their influence on virulence. Finally, we emphasise the importance of between-host effects and their evolution for understanding multiple infections and their implications.
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- Joy Bose
- Department of Behavioral Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastr. 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany
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- Department of Behavioral Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastr. 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany
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- Department of Behavioral Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastr. 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany.
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McNally L, Brown SP. Building the microbiome in health and disease: niche construction and social conflict in bacteria. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 370:rstb.2014.0298. [PMID: 26150664 PMCID: PMC4528496 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Microbes collectively shape their environment in remarkable ways via the products of their metabolism. The diverse environmental impacts of macro-organisms have been collated and reviewed under the banner of ‘niche construction’. Here, we identify and review a series of broad and overlapping classes of bacterial niche construction, ranging from biofilm production to detoxification or release of toxins, enzymes, metabolites and viruses, and review their role in shaping microbiome composition, human health and disease. Some bacterial niche-constructing traits can be seen as extended phenotypes, where individuals actively tailor their environment to their benefit (and potentially to the benefit of others, generating social dilemmas). Other modifications can be viewed as non-adaptive by-products from a producer perspective, yet they may lead to remarkable within-host environmental changes. We illustrate how social evolution and niche construction perspectives offer complementary insights into the dynamics and consequences of these traits across distinct timescales. This review highlights that by understanding the coupled bacterial and biochemical dynamics in human health and disease we can better manage host health.
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- Luke McNally
- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK
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- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK
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smith J, Strassmann JE, Queller DC. Fine-scale spatial ecology drives kin selection relatedness among cooperating amoebae. Evolution 2016; 70:848-59. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- jeff smith
- Department of Biology; Washington University in St. Louis; Saint Louis Missouri 63130
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- Department of Biology; Washington University in St. Louis; Saint Louis Missouri 63130
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- Department of Biology; Washington University in St. Louis; Saint Louis Missouri 63130
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Widder S, Allen RJ, Pfeiffer T, Curtis TP, Wiuf C, Sloan WT, Cordero OX, Brown SP, Momeni B, Shou W, Kettle H, Flint HJ, Haas AF, Laroche B, Kreft JU, Rainey PB, Freilich S, Schuster S, Milferstedt K, van der Meer JR, Groβkopf T, Huisman J, Free A, Picioreanu C, Quince C, Klapper I, Labarthe S, Smets BF, Wang H, Soyer OS. Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics. ISME JOURNAL 2016; 10:2557-2568. [PMID: 27022995 PMCID: PMC5113837 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 377] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The importance of microbial communities (MCs) cannot be overstated. MCs underpin the biogeochemical cycles of the earth's soil, oceans and the atmosphere, and perform ecosystem functions that impact plants, animals and humans. Yet our ability to predict and manage the function of these highly complex, dynamically changing communities is limited. Building predictive models that link MC composition to function is a key emerging challenge in microbial ecology. Here, we argue that addressing this challenge requires close coordination of experimental data collection and method development with mathematical model building. We discuss specific examples where model–experiment integration has already resulted in important insights into MC function and structure. We also highlight key research questions that still demand better integration of experiments and models. We argue that such integration is needed to achieve significant progress in our understanding of MC dynamics and function, and we make specific practical suggestions as to how this could be achieved.
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- Stefanie Widder
- CUBE, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Infrastructure and Environment Research Division, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.,Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
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- Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Département de Mathématiques Informatiques Appliquées, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- INRA, UR0050, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, Narbonne, France
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Aquatic Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biological Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Département de Mathématiques Informatiques Appliquées, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Winstanley C, O'Brien S, Brockhurst MA. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Evolutionary Adaptation and Diversification in Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Lung Infections. Trends Microbiol 2016; 24:327-337. [PMID: 26946977 PMCID: PMC4854172 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 449] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations undergo a characteristic evolutionary adaptation during chronic infection of the cystic fibrosis (CF) lung, including reduced production of virulence factors, transition to a biofilm-associated lifestyle, and evolution of high-level antibiotic resistance. Populations of P. aeruginosa in chronic CF lung infections typically exhibit high phenotypic diversity, including for clinically important traits such as antibiotic resistance and toxin production, and this diversity is dynamic over time, making accurate diagnosis and treatment challenging. Population genomics studies reveal extensive genetic diversity within patients, including for transmissible strains the coexistence of highly divergent lineages acquired by patient-to-patient transmission. The inherent spatial structure and spatial heterogeneity of selection in the CF lung appears to play a key role in driving P. aeruginosa diversification. During chronic lung infections of CF patients common genetic adaptations occur in P. aeruginosa, such as conversion to mucoidy, loss of virulence factors, and resistance to antibiotics. Although pathoadaptive mutations in regulatory proteins are common, the actual regulators affected vary between populations. P. aeruginosa populations in CF lungs exhibit high levels of phenotypic diversity. Fine-scale population genomics approaches reveal that divergent sublineages can coexist, with evidence for regional isolation in the spatially structured and heterogeneous lung environment. Experimental evolution is beginning to provide insights into the selective drivers of evolution in P. aeruginosa infection, including the role of social interactions.
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- Craig Winstanley
- Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, Ronald Ross Building, University of Liverpool, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L69 7BE, UK.
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Pacheco MA, Lopez-Perez M, Vallejo AF, Herrera S, Arévalo-Herrera M, Escalante AA. Multiplicity of Infection and Disease Severity in Plasmodium vivax. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016; 10:e0004355. [PMID: 26751811 PMCID: PMC4709143 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Multiplicity of infection (MOI) refers to the average number of distinct parasite genotypes concurrently infecting a patient. Although several studies have reported on MOI and the frequency of multiclonal infections in Plasmodium falciparum, there is limited data on Plasmodium vivax. Here, MOI and the frequency of multiclonal infections were studied in areas from South America where P. vivax and P. falciparum can be compared. Methodology/Principal Findings As part of a passive surveillance study, 1,328 positive malaria patients were recruited between 2011 and 2013 in low transmission areas from Colombia. Of those, there were only 38 P. vivax and 24 P. falciparum clinically complicated cases scattered throughout the time of the study. Samples from uncomplicated cases were matched in time and location with the complicated cases in order to compare the circulating genotypes for these two categories. A total of 92 P. vivax and 57 P. falciparum uncomplicated cases were randomly subsampled. All samples were genotyped by using neutral microsatellites. Plasmodium vivax showed more multiclonal infections (47.7%) than P. falciparum (14.8%). Population genetics and haplotype network analyses did not detect differences in the circulating genotypes between complicated and uncomplicated cases in each parasite. However, a Fisher exact test yielded a significant association between having multiclonal P. vivax infections and complicated malaria. No association was found for P. falciparum infections. Conclusion The association between multiclonal infections and disease severity in P. vivax is consistent with previous observations made in rodent malaria. The contrasting pattern between P. vivax and P. falciparum could be explained, at least in part, by the fact that P. vivax infections have lineages that were more distantly related among them than in the case of the P. falciparum multiclonal infections. Future research should address the possible role that acquired immunity and exposure may have on multiclonal infections and their association with disease severity. Previous studies on rodent malarias and mathematical models have postulated a link between multiclonal infections and disease severity. This association has been tested in Plasmodium falciparum mostly in Africa with limited information on P. vivax. Furthermore, there is a paucity of information from areas with low transmission. Here, we used samples available from a passive surveillance carried out in Colombia, South America. We found an association between multiclonal infections and disease severity in P. vivax but not in P. falciparum. Although the number of complicated malaria cases is low, the contrasting pattern between these two species emphasizes their epidemiological differences. We discuss how this pattern could be the result of a higher divergence among the P. vivax lineages co-infecting a patient. We hypothesize that low levels of acquired immunity may play a role in the association between multiclonal infections and disease severity.
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- M. Andreína Pacheco
- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (igem), Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia
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- Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia
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- Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia
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- Caucaseco Scientific Research Center and Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center, Cali, Colombia
- Faculty of Health, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (igem), Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Elgar MA. Integrating insights across diverse taxa: challenges for understanding social evolution. Front Ecol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Single gene locus changes perturb complex microbial communities as much as apex predator loss. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8235. [PMID: 26354365 PMCID: PMC4579780 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Many bacterial species are highly social, adaptively shaping their local environment through the production of secreted molecules. This can, in turn, alter interaction strengths among species and modify community composition. However, the relative importance of such behaviours in determining the structure of complex communities is unknown. Here we show that single-locus changes affecting biofilm formation phenotypes in Bacillus subtilis modify community structure to the same extent as loss of an apex predator and even to a greater extent than loss of B. subtilis itself. These results, from experimentally manipulated multitrophic microcosm assemblages, demonstrate that bacterial social traits are key modulators of the structure of their communities. Moreover, they show that intraspecific genetic variability can be as important as strong trophic interactions in determining community dynamics. Microevolution may therefore be as important as species extinctions in shaping the response of microbial communities to environmental change. Some species of social bacteria can chemically modify their nutrient environments, which may influence community interactions. Here, McClean et al. show that changes at a single gene locus in a biofilm-forming bacteria can perturb community structure to the same extent as the loss of an apex predator.
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Bashey F. Within-host competitive interactions as a mechanism for the maintenance of parasite diversity. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 370:20140301. [PMID: 26150667 PMCID: PMC4528499 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Variation among parasite strains can affect the progression of disease or the effectiveness of treatment. What maintains parasite diversity? Here I argue that competition among parasites within the host is a major cause of variation among parasites. The competitive environment within the host can vary depending on the parasite genotypes present. For example, parasite strategies that target specific competitors, such as bacteriocins, are dependent on the presence and susceptibility of those competitors for success. Accordingly, which parasite traits are favoured by within-host selection can vary from host to host. Given the fluctuating fitness landscape across hosts, genotype by genotype (G×G) interactions among parasites should be prevalent. Moreover, selection should vary in a frequency-dependent manner, as attacking genotypes select for resistance and genotypes producing public goods select for cheaters. I review competitive coexistence theory with regard to parasites and highlight a few key examples where within-host competition promotes diversity. Finally, I discuss how within-host competition affects host health and our ability to successfully treat infectious diseases.
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- Farrah Bashey
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Laboratory experiments show that social interactions between bacterial cells can drive evolutionary change at the population level, but significant challenges limit attempts to assess the relevance of these findings to natural populations, where selection pressures are unknown. We have increasingly sophisticated methods for monitoring phenotypic and genotypic dynamics in bacteria causing infectious disease, but in contrast, we lack evidence-based adaptive explanations for those changes. Evolutionary change during infection is often interpreted as host adaptation, but this assumption neglects to consider social dynamics shown to drive evolutionary change in vitro. We provide evidence to show that long-term behavioral dynamics observed in a pathogen are driven by selection to outcompete neighboring conspecific cells through social interactions. We find that Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, causing lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, lose cooperative iron acquisition by siderophore production during infection. This loss could be caused by changes in iron availability in the lung, but surprisingly, we find that cells retain the ability to take up siderophores produced by conspecifics, even after they have lost the ability to synthesize siderophores. Only when cooperative producers are lost from the population is the receptor for uptake lost. This finding highlights the potential pitfalls of interpreting loss of function in pathogenic bacterial populations as evidence for trait redundancy in the host environment. More generally, we provide an example of how sequence analysis can be used to generate testable hypotheses about selection driving long-term phenotypic changes of pathogenic bacteria in situ.
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Cross-species infection among humans, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and baboons (Papio spp.) is potentially a significant public health issue in Africa, and of concern in the conservation of P. troglodytes. However, to date, no statistical comparisons have been made between the prevalence, richness and composition of parasite communities in sympatric populations of baboons and P. troglodytes. We compared parasite communities in sympatric P. troglodytes and Papio papio living in a wilderness site, in the Republic of Senegal, West Africa. We asked whether, in the absence of humans, there are significant differences between these hosts in their interactions with gastrointestinal parasites. We tested whether host, location, or time of collection accounted for variation in prevalence, richness and community composition, and compared prevalence across six studies. We concluded that, despite being closely related, there are significant differences between these two hosts with respect to their parasite communities. At our study site, prevalence of Balantidium, Trichuris and Watsonius was higher in P. papio. Papio papio harboured more parasites per host, and we found evidence of a positive association between Trichuris and Balantidium in P. troglodytes but not P. papio.
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Koskella B. Research highlights for issue 5: the role of the microbiome in shaping evolution. Evol Appl 2014; 7:519-20. [PMID: 24944565 PMCID: PMC4055173 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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