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Convergent evolution toward an improved growth rate and a reduced resistance range in Prochlorococcus strains resistant to phage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Apr 2015
Avrani Sarit, Lindell Debbie
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Prochlorococcus is an abundant marine cyanobacterium that grows rapidly in the environment and contributes significantly to global primary production. This cyanobacterium coexists with many cyanophages in the oceans, likely aided by resistance to numerous co-occurring phages. Spontaneous resistance occurs frequently in Prochlorococcus and is often accompanied by a pleiotropic fitness cost manifested as either a...
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