Immune loss as a driver of coexistence during host-phage coevolution

Bacteria and their viral pathogens face constant pressure for augmented immune and infective capabilities, respectively. Under this reciprocally imposed selective regime, we expect to see a runaway evolutionary arms race, ultimately leading to the extinction of one species. Despite this prediction, in many systems host and pathogen coexist with minimal coevolution even when well-mixed. Previous work explained this puzzling phenomenon by invoking fitness tradeoffs, which can diminish an arms race dynamic. Here we propose that the regular loss of immunity by the bacterial host can also produce host-phage coexistence. We pair a general model of immunity with an experimental and theoretical case study of the CRISPR-Cas immune system to contrast the behavior of tradeoff and loss mechanisms in well-mixed systems. We find that, while both mechanisms can produce stable coexistence, only immune loss does so robustly within realistic parameter ranges.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

The ISME journal - 12(2018), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 585-597

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Weissman, J L [VerfasserIn]
Holmes, Rayshawn [VerfasserIn]
Barrangou, Rodolphe [VerfasserIn]
Moineau, Sylvain [VerfasserIn]
Fagan, William F [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Bruce [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Philip L F [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 09.11.2018

Date Revised 02.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/ismej.2017.194

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM279904266