A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species

While many bacterial pathogens are restricted to single host species, some have the capacity to undergo host switches, leading to the emergence of new clones that are a threat tohuman and animal health. However, the bacterial traits that underpin a multihost ecology are not well understood. Follow...

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Autores principales: Bacigalupe, Rodrigo, Tormo-Mas, María A., Penadés, José R., Fitzgerald, J. Ross
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Publicado: AAAS (American Asociation for the Advancement of Science) 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6473
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/eaax0063
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author Bacigalupe, Rodrigo
Tormo-Mas, María A.
Penadés, José R.
Fitzgerald, J. Ross
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description While many bacterial pathogens are restricted to single host species, some have the capacity to undergo host switches, leading to the emergence of new clones that are a threat tohuman and animal health. However, the bacterial traits that underpin a multihost ecology are not well understood. Following transmission to a new host, bacterial populations are influenced by powerful forces such as genetic drift that reduce the fixation rate of beneficial mutations, limiting the capacity for host adaptation. Here, we implement a novel experimental model of bacterial host switching to investigate the ability of themultihost pathogen Staphylococcus aureus to adapt to new species under continuous population bottlenecks. We demonstrate that beneficial mutations accumulated during infection can overcome genetic drift and sweep through the population, leading to host adaptation. Our findings highlight the remarkable capacity of some bacteria to adapt to distinct host niches in the face of powerful antagonistic population forces.
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spelling ReDivia64732025-04-25T14:47:12Z A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species Bacigalupe, Rodrigo Tormo-Mas, María A. Penadés, José R. Fitzgerald, J. Ross L73 Animal diseases Pathogenic bacteria Infectious diseases While many bacterial pathogens are restricted to single host species, some have the capacity to undergo host switches, leading to the emergence of new clones that are a threat tohuman and animal health. However, the bacterial traits that underpin a multihost ecology are not well understood. Following transmission to a new host, bacterial populations are influenced by powerful forces such as genetic drift that reduce the fixation rate of beneficial mutations, limiting the capacity for host adaptation. Here, we implement a novel experimental model of bacterial host switching to investigate the ability of themultihost pathogen Staphylococcus aureus to adapt to new species under continuous population bottlenecks. We demonstrate that beneficial mutations accumulated during infection can overcome genetic drift and sweep through the population, leading to host adaptation. Our findings highlight the remarkable capacity of some bacteria to adapt to distinct host niches in the face of powerful antagonistic population forces. 2020-05-27T08:58:17Z 2020-05-27T08:58:17Z 2019 article publishedVersion Bacigalupe, R., Tormo-Mas, M. Á., Penadés, J. R., & Fitzgerald, J. R. (2019). A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species. Science advances, 5(11), eaax0063. 2375-2548 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6473 10.1126/sciadv.aax0063 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/eaax0063 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ AAAS (American Asociation for the Advancement of Science) electronico
spellingShingle L73 Animal diseases
Pathogenic bacteria
Infectious diseases
Bacigalupe, Rodrigo
Tormo-Mas, María A.
Penadés, José R.
Fitzgerald, J. Ross
A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species
title A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species
title_full A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species
title_fullStr A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species
title_full_unstemmed A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species
title_short A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species
title_sort multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species
topic L73 Animal diseases
Pathogenic bacteria
Infectious diseases
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6473
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/eaax0063
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