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Defying bacteriophages: Contrasting altruistic with individual-based resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli
Adaptations by hosts in response to parasitism are generally believed to reduce the susceptibility of the adapted individual. However, recent work on Escherichia coli showed that bacteria can fight deadly phage attacks by committing altruistic suicide upon infection, in order to prevent parasite tra...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Landes Bioscience
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3829904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24255741 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.25159 |