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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2019 Oct 23;574(7779):549–552. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1662-9

Figure 2. Biodiversity amplifies fitness costs associated with surface-based resistance.

Figure 2

Relative fitness of a P. aeruginosa clone with CRISPR-based resistance after competing for 24h against a surface modification clone at (a) varying levels of phage DMS3vir in the presence or absence of a mixed microbial community. Regression slopes with shaded areas corresponding to 95% CI (n = 144 biologically independent samples). (b) Relative fitness after competition in the absence of phage, but in the presence of other bacterial species individually or as a mixture. Error bars 95% CI and the mean as centre (n = 144 biologically independent samples).