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The impact of bacteriophages on phyllosphere bacterial abundance and composition.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2018
Morella Norma M, Gomez Annika L, Wang Grant, Leung Michelle S, Koskella Britt
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Interactions between bacteria and bacteriophage viruses (phages) are known to influence pathogen growth and virulence, microbial diversity and even biogeochemical cycling. Lytic phages in particular infect and lyse their host cells, and can therefore have significant effects on cell densities as well as competitive dynamics within microbial communities. Despite the known impacts of lytic phages on the ecology and...
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