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From cholera to corals: Viruses as drivers of virulence in a major coral bacterial pathogen

Disease is an increasing threat to reef-building corals. One of the few identified pathogens of coral disease is the bacterium Vibrio coralliilyticus. In Vibrio cholerae, infection by a bacterial virus (bacteriophage) results in the conversion of non-pathogenic strains to pathogenic strains and this...

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Autores principales: Weynberg, Karen D., Voolstra, Christian R., Neave, Matthew J., Buerger, Patrick, van Oppen, Madeleine J. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26644037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep17889