Bacteriophages benefit from generalized transduction.

Temperate phages are bacterial viruses that as part of their life cycle reside in the bacterial genome as prophages. They are found in many species including most clinical strains of the human pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Previously, temperate phages...

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Main Authors: Alfred Fillol-Salom, Ahlam Alsaadi, Jorge A Moura de Sousa, Li Zhong, Kevin R Foster, Eduardo P C Rocha, José R Penadés, Hanne Ingmer, Jakob Haaber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007888