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| Title |
Restriction modification systems as engines of diversity
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00528 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kim Sneppen, Szabolcs Semsey, Aswin S. N. Seshasayee, Sandeep Krishna |
| Abstract |
Restriction modification (RM) systems provide protection against a broad spectrum of phages. However, the likelihood of a phage permanently bypassing this can be as high as 0.1 per infection (Korona et al., 1993) which makes for a relatively weak defense. Here we argue that, apart from providing such transient defenses, RM systems can facilitate long-term coexistence of many bacterial strains. We show that this diversity can be as large as the burst size of the phage but no larger-a curious correspondence between a number at the level of species and another number at the level of individuals. Such a highly diverse and stably coexisting ecosystem is robust to substantial variation in both bacterial growth rates and strength of their RM systems, which might be one reason why quite weak RM systems exist in the wild. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Egypt | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 66 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 17% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 12% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 26 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 23% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 6 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
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