Effect of resource availability on evolution of virulence and competition in an environmentally transmitted pathogen

• Published in: FEMS microbiology ecology Vol. 94; no. 5; p. 1
• Main Authors: Pulkkinen, Katja, Pekkala, Nina, Ashrafi, Roghaieh, Hämäläinen, Dorrit M, Nkembeng, Aloysius N, Lipponen, Anssi, Hiltunen, Teppo, Valkonen, Janne K, Taskinen, Jouni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Animals; Aquaculture; Aquaculture industry; Biological Evolution; Competition (Biology); disease outbreaks; disease transmission; Environmental aspects; environmental factors; evolution; fish culture; Fish Diseases - microbiology; Fishes; Flavobacterium - genetics; Flavobacterium - metabolism; Flavobacterium - pathogenicity; Flavobacterium columnare; freshwater fish; Genotype; genotype mixtures; Gram-negative bacteria; Health aspects; hosts; nutrient content; pathogens; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; strain differences; Virulence; Virulence (Microbiology); virulent strains; Finland

Understanding ecological and epidemiological factors driving pathogen evolution in contemporary time scales is a major challenge in modern health management. Pathogens that replicate outside the hosts are subject to selection imposed by ambient environmental conditions. Increased nutrient levels cou...