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Prophages in marine bacteria: dangerous molecular time bombs or the key to survival in the seas?
The ISME journal - 1 Jun 2008
Paul John H
Abstract excerpt
Bacteriophages are realized to be numerous and important components of oceanic food webs principally because of their lytic capabilities. The subtle changes that temperate phages impart to their hosts in the oceans are far less understood. Occurrences of lysogeny in the oceans correlate well with conditions unfavorable for rapid host growth. In coliphage lambda, phage encoded repressors have been shown to...
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