The global rise of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens and the waning efficacy of
antibiotics urge consideration of alternative antimicrobial strategies. Phage therapy is a …

Cooperation is integral to much of biological life but can be threatened by selfish
evolutionary strategies. Diverse cooperative traits have evolved among microbes, but …

The introduction of SARS-CoV-2 containing human stool and sewage into water bodies may
raise public health concerns. However, assessment of public health risks by faecally …

Interest in using bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections (phage therapy) is growing, but
there have been few experiments comparing the effects of different treatment strategies on …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are bacterial pathogens frequently
associated with pulmonary complications and disease progression in cystic fibrosis (CF) …

The success of many viruses depends upon cooperative interactions between viral
genomes. However, whenever cooperation occurs, there is the potential for 'cheats' to …

Highlights•Multipartite and segmented viruses are members of∼ 11% of classified virus
genera.•Segmented viruses with semi-infectious particles have higher propensity to …

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are colonized early in life with bacteria and treated with
repeated cycles of antibiotics. This leads to the emergence of pathogenic chronic multidrug …

The outcomes of host‐parasite interactions depend on the coevolutionary forces acting upon
them, but because every host‐parasite relation is enmeshed in a web of biotic and abiotic …

Background The ability for an evolving population to adapt to a novel environment is
achieved through a balance of robustness and evolvability. Robustness is the invariance of …