AUTHOR=Gorter Florien A. , Tabares-Mafla Carolina , Kassen Rees , Schoustra Sijmen E. TITLE=Experimental Evolution of Interference Competition JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=12 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.613450 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2021.613450 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
The importance of interference competition, where individuals compete through antagonistic traits such as the production of toxins, has long been recognized by ecologists, yet understanding how these types of interactions evolve remains limited. Toxin production is thought to be beneficial when competing with a competitor. Here, we explore if antagonism can evolve by long-term selection of the toxin (pyocin) producing strain