期刊
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
卷 25, 期 3, 页码 431-437出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02441.x
关键词
interference competition; kin selection; social interactions; spatial structure; within-host dynamics
资金
- NSF [DEB-0919015]
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0919015] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Spite occurs when an individual harms itself in the act of harming others. Spiteful behaviour may be more pervasive in nature than commonly thought. One of the clearest examples of spite is the costly production and release of bacteriocins, antimicrobial toxins noted for their ability to kill conspecifics. A key question is to what extent these toxins provide a fitness advantage to kin of the producer cell, especially in natural communities. Additionally, when bacteria are involved in parasitic relationships, spiteful interactions are predicted to lower bacterial densities within a host, causing a reduction in parasite-induced virulence. Using five sympatric, field-collected genotypes of the insect pathogen Xenorhabdus bovienii, we experimentally demonstrate that bacteriocin production benefits kin within the host, and that it slows the mortality rate of the host. These results confirm that spite among naturally coexisting bacterial clones can be a successful kin-selected strategy that has emergent effects on virulence.
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