Abstract
The intriguing sit-and-wait hypothesis predicts that “virulence should be positively correlated with durability in the external environment because high durability reduces the dependence of transmission on host mobility” (Walther and Ewald, 2004) (Figure 1). Since the hypothesis was first proposed in the late 20th century (Ewald, 1983), both theoretical and computational studies have been reporting the relationships between environmental durability and microbial virulence (Sundberg et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2017, 2018, 2019a,b, 2020; Rafaluk-Mohr, 2019; Li et al., 2021) [...].
Document Type
Editorial
Date of Publication
1-9-2023
Volume
13
Publication Title
Frontiers in Microbiology
Publisher
Frontiers
School
Centre for Precision Health / School of Medical and Health Sciences
Funders
Xuzhou Key R&D Plan Social Development Project (Grant No. KC22300) / Jiangsu Qinglan Project (2022)
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Wang, L., Zhan, L. J., & Wise, M. J. (2023). What does not kill you makes you stronger: Interactions between environmental stresses and microbial virulence. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1127058