Rethinking Phage Ecology by Rooting it Within an Established Plant Framework.

ABSTRACT: Despite the abundance and significance of bacteriophages to microbial ecosystems, no broad ecological frameworks exist within which to determine "bacteriophage types" that reflect their ecological strategies and ways in which they interact with bacterial cells. To address this, we repurposed the well-established Grime's triangular CSR framework, which classifies plants according to three axes: competitiveness (C), ability to tolerate stress (S), and capacity to cope with disturbance (R). This framework is distinguished from other accepted schemes, as it seeks to identify individual characteristics of plants to understand their biological strategies and roles within an ecosystem. Our repurposing of the CSR triangle is based on phage transcription and the observation tha

SUBMITTER: Clokie MRJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9041459 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature