Temperate and chronic virus competition leads to low lysogen frequency

The canonical bacteriophage is obligately lytic: the virus infects a bacterium and hijacks cell functions to produce large numbers of new viruses which burst from the cell. These viruses are well-studied, but there exist a wide range of coexisting virus lifestyles that are less understood. Temperate...

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Main Authors: Clifton, S.M (Author), Rapti, Z. (Author), Whitaker, R.J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2021
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