The social evolution of siderophore production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is environmentally determined.
Freya Harrison, Alan McNally, Ana C. da Silva, Stephen P. Diggle
This study investigates how environmental factors influence the evolutionary consequences of siderophore loss in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, showing that genotype-environment interactions determine whether siderophore mutants cheat, suffer fitness defects, or have no effect.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2016 · PreprintMicrobiology