Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments
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Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments
Phages are the most abundant entity in the biosphere and outnumber bacteria by a factor of 10. Phage DNA may also constitute 20% of bacterial genomes; however, its role is ill defined. Here, we explore the impact of cryptic prophages on cell physiology by precisely deleting all nine prophage elements (166 kbp) using Escherichia coli. We find that cryptic prophages contribute significantly to re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1146