Incomplete prophage tolerance by type III-A CRISPR-Cas systems reduces the fitness of lysogenic hosts
CRISPR-Cas systems, such as type III-A CRISPR-Cas, provide an immune mechanism for prokaryotic hosts to resist parasites, including phages. Here, the authors show that maintenance of conditionally tolerant type III-A systems can affect the fitness of Staphylococcus aureus lysogens.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-01-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02557-2 |