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Cheating, facilitation and cooperation regulate the effectiveness of phage‐encoded exotoxins as antipredator molecules
Temperate phage encoded Shiga toxin (Stx) kills the bacterivorous predator, Tetrahymena thermophila, providing Stx(+) Escherichia coli with a survival advantage over Stx(−) cells. Although bacterial death accompanies Stx release, since bacteria grow clonally the fitness benefits of predator killing...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6391270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29675935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.636 |