Compost spatial heterogeneity promotes evolutionary diversification of a bacterium
dc.contributor.author | van Houte, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Padfield, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Gómez, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Luján, AM | |
dc.contributor.author | Brockhurst, MA | |
dc.contributor.author | Paterson, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Buckling, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-23T12:59:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-10-28 | |
dc.description.abstract | Spatial resource heterogeneity is expected to be a key driver for the evolution of diversity. However, direct empirical support for this prediction is limited to studies carried out in simplified laboratory environments. Here, we investigate how altering spatial heterogeneity of potting compost—by the addition of water and mixing—affects the evolutionary diversification of a bacterial species, Pseudomonas fluorescens, that is naturally found in the environment. There was a greater propensity of resource specialists to evolve in the unmanipulated compost, while more generalist phenotypes dominated the compost–water mix. Genomic data were consistent with these phenotypic findings. Competition experiments strongly suggest these results are due to diversifying selection as a result of resource heterogeneity, as opposed to other covariables. Overall, our findings corroborate theoretical and in vitro findings, but in semi-natural, more realistic conditions. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 34 (2), pp. 246-255 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jeb.13722 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/P001130/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/124850 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley / European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Society for Evolutionary Biology. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | adaptive radiation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pseudomonas fluorescens | en_GB |
dc.subject | soil | en_GB |
dc.subject | spatial heterogeneity | en_GB |
dc.title | Compost spatial heterogeneity promotes evolutionary diversification of a bacterium | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-23T12:59:10Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1010-061X | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Wiley via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-10-07 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-10-28 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2021-02-23T12:57:35Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-02-23T12:59:15Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.depositException | publishedGoldOA |
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