Common Oral Medications Lead to Prophage Induction in Bacterial Isolates from the Human Gut

Many bacteria carry bacteriophages (bacterial viruses) integrated in their genomes in the form of prophages, which replicate passively alongside their bacterial host. Environmental conditions can lead to prophage induction; the switching from prophage replication to lytic replication, that results i...

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Published in:	Viruses
Main Authors:	Steven G. Sutcliffe, Michael Shamash, Alexander P. Hynes, Corinne F. Maurice
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Subjects:	bacteriophage gut microbiota lysogeny prophage induction medication
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/3/455