Making Waves: Intelligent phage cocktail design, a pathway to precise microbial control in water systems
Water Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
268, P. 122594 - 122594
Published: Oct. 9, 2024
Language: Английский
Inferring strain-level mutational drivers of phage-bacteria interaction phenotypes
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 9, 2024
Abstract
The
enormous
diversity
of
bacteriophages
and
their
bacterial
hosts
presents
a
significant
challenge
to
predict
which
phages
infect
focal
set
bacteria.
Infection
is
largely
determined
by
complementary
–
uncharacterized
genetics
adsorption,
injection,
cell
take-over
lysis.
Here
we
present
machine
learning
approach
phage-bacteria
interactions
trained
on
genome
sequences
phenotypic
amongst
51
Escherichia
coli
strains
45
phage
λ
that
coevolved
in
laboratory
conditions
for
37
days.
Leveraging
multiple
inference
strategies
without
priori
knowledge
driver
mutations,
this
framework
predicts
both
who
infects
whom
the
quantitative
levels
infections
across
suite
2,295
potential
interactions.
We
found
most
effective
inferred
interaction
phenotypes
from
independent
contributions
bacteria
accurately
predicting
86%
while
reducing
relative
error
estimated
strength
infection
phenotype
40%.
Feature
selection
revealed
key
E.
mutations
have
influence
outcome
interactions,
corroborating
sites
previously
known
affect
infections,
as
well
identifying
genes
unknown
function
not
shown
resistance.
method’s
success
recapitulating
strain-level
outcomes
arising
during
coevolutionary
dynamics
may
also
help
inform
generalized
approaches
imputing
genetic
drivers
complex
communities
Language: Английский
Inferring strain-level mutational drivers of phage-bacteria interaction phenotypes arising during coevolutionary dynamics
Virus Evolution,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Abstract
The
enormous
diversity
of
bacteriophages
and
their
bacterial
hosts
presents
a
significant
challenge
to
predict
which
phages
infect
focal
set
bacteria.
Infection
is
largely
determined
by
complementary—and
uncharacterized—genetics
adsorption,
injection,
cell
take-over,
lysis.
Here
we
present
machine
learning
approach
phage–bacteria
interactions
trained
on
genome
sequences
phenotypic
among
51
Escherichia
coli
strains
45
phage
λ
that
coevolved
in
laboratory
conditions
for
37
days.
Leveraging
multiple
inference
strategies
without
priori
knowledge
driver
mutations,
this
framework
predicts
both
who
infects
whom
the
quantitative
levels
infections
across
suite
2,295
potential
interactions.
We
found
most
effective
inferred
interaction
phenotypes
from
independent
contributions
bacteria
accurately
predicting
86%
while
reducing
relative
error
estimated
strength
infection
phenotype
40%.
Feature
selection
revealed
key
Escherchia
mutations
have
influence
outcome
interactions,
corroborating
sites
previously
known
affect
infections,
as
well
identifying
genes
unknown
function
not
shown
resistance.
method’s
success
recapitulating
strain-level
outcomes
arising
during
coevolutionary
dynamics
may
also
help
inform
generalized
approaches
imputing
genetic
drivers
complex
communities
Language: Английский