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Phage mutations in response to CRISPR diversification in a bacterial population.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2013
Sun Christine L, Barrangou Rodolphe, Thomas Brian C, Horvath Philippe, Fremaux Christophe, Banfield Jillian F
Abstract excerpt
Interactions between bacteria and their coexisting phage populations impact evolution and can strongly influence biogeochemical processes in natural ecosystems. Periodically, mutation or migration results in exposure of a host to a phage to which it has no immunity; alternatively, a phage may be exposed to a host it cannot infect. To explore the processes by which coexisting, co-evolving hosts and phage...
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