Bacteriophages as Drivers of Evolution

Stephen T. Abedon, Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University

Chapter 1. Bacteriophages, a Brief Introduction.- Chapter 2. A Closer Overview of Phage Infections.- Chapter 3.Evolutionary Biology Basics.- Chapter 4. Brief Introduction to Phage Ecology.- Chapter 5.Bacterial Mutation Associated with Phages: Insertions.- Chapter 6. Bacterial Mutation Associated with Phages: Deletions.- Chapter 7. Genetic Drift and Phages.- Chapter 8. Phages and Asexual Bacterial Populations.- Chapter 9.Phage Impact on Non-Random Mating Among Bacteria.- Chapter 10. Genetic Migration and Phages.- Chapter 11. Bacterial Reproductive Isolation and Its Violation by Phages.- Chapter 12. Phage-Provided Environmental DNA and Superspreading.- Chapter 13. Transduction of Large Amounts of DNA.- Chapter 14. Phage Morons.- Chapter 15. Why Lysogenic Conversion?.- Chapter 16. Prophages Preventing Phage Superinfection.- Chapter 17. Domestication of Phage Genes.- Chapter 18.Resistance to Phages, Part I: Overview.- Chapter 19. Resistance to Phages, Part II: Bacteria Live!.- Chapter 20.Resistance to Phages, Part III: Bacteria Die..-Chapter 21. Bacterial Mutation to Phage Resistance.- Chapter 22. Pleiotropic Costs of Phage Resistance.- Chapter 23. Concepts of Natural Selection in Light of Phage Exposure.- Chapter 24. Frequency-Dependent Selection in Light of Phage Exposure.- Chapter 25. A Primer on Phage-Bacterium Antagonistic Coevolution.