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The Promise and Pitfalls of Prophages

Phages dominate every ecosystem on the planet. While virulent phages sculpt the microbiome by killing their bacterial hosts, temperate phages provide unique growth advantages to their hosts through lysogenic conversion. Many prophages benefit their host, and prophages are responsible for genotypic a...

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Autores principales: McKerral, Jody C., Papudeshi, Bhavya, Inglis, Laura K., Roach, Michael J., Decewicz, Przemyslaw, McNair, Katelyn, Luque, Antoni, Dinsdale, Elizabeth A., Edwards, Robert A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10153245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37131798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.20.537752