The effect of lysis timing on bacteriophage (phage) fitness has received little theoretical or
experimental attention. Previously, the impact of lysis timing on phage fitness was studied …

The first step of bacteriophage (phage) infection is the attachment of the phage virion onto a
susceptible host cell. This adsorption process is usually described by mass-action kinetics …

The effect of host quantity and host quality on the evolution of phage lysis timing is analysed
using marginal value theorem of optimal foraging theory. Both factors have been shown to …

Optimality models collapse the vagaries of genetics into simple trade-offs to calculate
phenotypes expected to evolve by natural selection. Optimality approaches are commonly …

Optimality models constitute one of the simplest approaches to understanding phenotypic
evolution. Yet they have shortcomings that are not easily evaluated in most organisms. Most …

Bacteriophages (phages) modify microbial communities by lysing hosts, transferring genetic
material, and effecting lysogenic conversion. To understand how natural communities are …

In bacteriophage (phage), rapid and efficient intracellular progeny production is of obvious
benefit. A short latent period is not. All else being equal, a longer latent period utilizes host …

Antagonistic coevolution between hosts and parasites is probably ubiquitous. However, very
little is known of the genetic changes associated with parasite infectivity evolution during …

Temperate bacteriophages lyse or lysogenize host cells depending on various parameters
of infection, a key one being the ratio of the number of free viruses to the number of host …

For obligately lytic bacteriophage (phage) a trade-off exists between fecundity (burst size)
and latent period (a component of generation time). This trade-off occurs because release of …