Phage spread dynamics in clonal bacterial populations is depending on features of the founder cell.

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Plate-cultured bacterial colonies are intriguing models to study host-parasite interactions in senescent populations. During the growth of bacteriophage-infected colonies there is a synchronous prophage induction episode among lysogenic cells that allows a dramatic but time-restricted amplification of viral particles. We report here that the dynamics of phage spread depends on the history of the lysogenic cell...

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