More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts

ABSTRACT Bacteria harbor viruses called bacteriophages that, like all viruses, co-opt the host cellular machinery to replicate. Although this relationship is at first glance parasitic, there are social interactions among and between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts. These social interactions...

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Autores principales:	Patrick R. Secor, Ajai A. Dandekar
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2020
Materias:	bacteria bacteriophage cheater cooperation sociobiology Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a2d18c81fee249cf8e7370153c2f96382021-11-15T15:57:03ZMore than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts10.1128/mBio.00041-202150-7511https://doaj.org/article/a2d18c81fee249cf8e7370153c2f96382020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00041-20https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT Bacteria harbor viruses called bacteriophages that, like all viruses, co-opt the host cellular machinery to replicate. Although this relationship is at first glance parasitic, there are social interactions among and between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts. These social interactions can take on many forms, including cooperation, altruism, and cheating. Such behaviors among individuals in groups of bacteria have been well described. However, the social nature of some interactions between phages or phages and bacteria is only now becoming clear. We are just beginning to understand how bacteriophages affect the sociobiology of bacteria, and we know even less about social interactions within bacteriophage populations. In this review, we discuss recent developments in our understanding of bacteriophage sociobiology, including how selective pressures influence the outcomes of social interactions between populations of bacteria and bacteriophages. We also explore how tripartite social interactions between bacteria, bacteriophages, and an animal host affect host-microbe interactions. Finally, we argue that understanding the sociobiology of bacteriophages will have implications for the therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections.Patrick R. SecorAjai A. DandekarAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticlebacteriabacteriophagecheatercooperationsociobiologyMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2020)
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spellingShingle	bacteria bacteriophage cheater cooperation sociobiology Microbiology QR1-502 Patrick R. Secor Ajai A. Dandekar More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts
description	ABSTRACT Bacteria harbor viruses called bacteriophages that, like all viruses, co-opt the host cellular machinery to replicate. Although this relationship is at first glance parasitic, there are social interactions among and between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts. These social interactions can take on many forms, including cooperation, altruism, and cheating. Such behaviors among individuals in groups of bacteria have been well described. However, the social nature of some interactions between phages or phages and bacteria is only now becoming clear. We are just beginning to understand how bacteriophages affect the sociobiology of bacteria, and we know even less about social interactions within bacteriophage populations. In this review, we discuss recent developments in our understanding of bacteriophage sociobiology, including how selective pressures influence the outcomes of social interactions between populations of bacteria and bacteriophages. We also explore how tripartite social interactions between bacteria, bacteriophages, and an animal host affect host-microbe interactions. Finally, we argue that understanding the sociobiology of bacteriophages will have implications for the therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections.
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title	More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts
title_short	More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts
title_full	More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts
title_fullStr	More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts
title_full_unstemmed	More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts
title_sort	more than simple parasites: the sociobiology of bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts
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More than Simple Parasites: the Sociobiology of Bacteriophages and Their Bacterial Hosts

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