Thermal Tolerance is linked with Virulence in a Fish Pathogen
Roghaieh Ashrafi, Matthieu Bruneaux, Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Katja Pulkkinen, Janne Valkonen, Tarmo Ketola
This study links thermal tolerance with virulence in Flavobacterium columnare, finding that higher thermal tolerance correlates with reduced virulence and suggesting environmental changes, not temperature rise, drive epidemic frequency.
bioRxiv · Sep 13, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology