Bacillus Virulence Evolution Data from Group Selection Experiment

Zeyu Wang's dataset supports a manuscript on fitness-driven virulence evolution in Bacillus via group selection. The data likely contains results from ~200 generations of alternating serial passage in vivo and in vitro, measuring virulence, toxin production, replication, sporulation, and within-host fitness. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-07.

Use Cases

• Analyzing virulence evolution trajectories based on serial passage experiment results.
• Testing hypotheses about trade-offs between replication and public goods production.
• Modeling within-host fitness components like midgut survival and hemocoel translocation.
• Comparing evolutionary trajectories of different lineages using Pool-Sequencing Time Series data.

Strengths

• Dataset size is 38.4 MB, indicating a substantial amount of raw data.
• The experimental design involved ~200 generations of serial passage, providing a longitudinal evolutionary perspective.
• The virulent lineage showed a stably inherited virulence increase of over 20%, a concrete quantitative result.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Alternating serial passage in vivo (within insect host) and in vitro.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 00:28:13; freshness should be verified.