Nature Communications (Jan 2020)
Evolutionary selection of biofilm-mediated extended phenotypes in Yersinia pestis in response to a fluctuating environment
- Yujun Cui,
- Boris V. Schmid,
- Hanli Cao,
- Xiang Dai,
- Zongmin Du,
- W. Ryan Easterday,
- Haihong Fang,
- Chenyi Guo,
- Shanqian Huang,
- Wanbing Liu,
- Zhizhen Qi,
- Yajun Song,
- Huaiyu Tian,
- Min Wang,
- Yarong Wu,
- Bing Xu,
- Chao Yang,
- Jing Yang,
- Xianwei Yang,
- Qingwen Zhang,
- Kjetill S. Jakobsen,
- Yujiang Zhang,
- Nils Chr. Stenseth,
- Ruifu Yang
Affiliations
- Yujun Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Boris V. Schmid
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
- Hanli Cao
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
- Xiang Dai
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
- Zongmin Du
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- W. Ryan Easterday
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
- Haihong Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Chenyi Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Shanqian Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University
- Wanbing Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Zhizhen Qi
- Key Laboratory for Plague Prevention and Control of Qinghai Province, Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control
- Yajun Song
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Huaiyu Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University
- Min Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Yarong Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Bing Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University
- Chao Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Jing Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University
- Xianwei Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- Qingwen Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Plague Prevention and Control of Qinghai Province, Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control
- Kjetill S. Jakobsen
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
- Yujiang Zhang
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
- Nils Chr. Stenseth
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
- Ruifu Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14099-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, can change its biofilm production to influence the dynamics of flea-borne transmission. Here, the authors sequence Y. pestis isolates sampled over 40 years in China and show evidence for climate-associated selection on rpoZ to increase biofilm production.
