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  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Mathematical Biology

Background:

  • Bacterial populations exhibit complex spatial structures influencing their evolutionary trajectories.
  • Understanding the evolution of antibiotic resistance is critical due to rising global health concerns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of spatial structure on the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations.
  • To determine how spatial arrangement affects the probability of evolutionary rescue by antibiotic resistance.

Main Methods:

  • A minimal mathematical model of spatially structured bacterial populations was employed.
  • Identical subpopulations (demes) connected by migration rates were analyzed.
  • The model focused on the emergence and fixation of antibiotic resistance mutations.

Main Results:

  • Spatial structure can facilitate the survival of bacterial populations under antibiotic treatment.
  • Smaller subpopulations increase the probability of fixation for neutral or deleterious resistance mutations.
  • This local fixation promotes evolutionary rescue, especially in the rare mutation regime.

Conclusions:

  • Spatial structure plays a significant role in enabling bacterial populations to evolve antibiotic resistance.
  • The findings extend to more complex spatial arrangements and initial presence of resistant mutants.