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A Quorum-Sensing-Induced Bacteriophage Defense Mechanism
One of the key determinants of the size, composition, structure, and development of a microbial community is the predation pressure by bacteriophages. Accordingly, bacteria have evolved a battery of antiphage defense strategies. Since maintaining constantly elevated defenses is costly, we hypothesiz...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society of Microbiology
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23422409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00362-12 |