Fig. 3: Seed banks altered host-phage population dynamics.

Bacteria and phage dynamics were tracked in replicate (n = 3) populations that were propagated by serial transfer every two days (see Fig. 1). In the + seed bank treatment, the host could sporulate. In the - seed bank treatment, the host had an engineered mutation that prevented sporulation. Phage SPO1 was added to all populations (flasks) in the + phage treatment on day 0. See Fig. S5 to compare population dynamics of the different host strains in the - phage and + phage treatments. Data represented as mean ± SEM.