MICROBIOLOGY Bacterial dormancy curbs phage epidemics

Simon A. Jackson; Peter C. Fineran

doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01595-8

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MICROBIOLOGY Bacterial dormancy curbs phage epidemics

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MICROBIOLOGY Bacterial dormancy curbs phage epidemics

Simon A. Jackson and Peter C. Fineran

Nature (London), Vol.570(7760), pp.173-174

13/06/2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01595-8

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One type of CRISPR-Cas bacterial-defence system destroys phage and bacterial RNA, which leads to bacterial dormancy. Dormancy is found to limit viral spread, and also protects against unrelated viruses and viral mutants. See Letter p.241

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Record Identifier: 9926529296201891
Title: MICROBIOLOGY Bacterial dormancy curbs phage epidemics
Creators: Simon A. Jackson
Peter C. Fineran
Publication Details: Nature (London), Vol.570(7760), pp.173-174
Academic Unit: Microbiology and Immunology
Publisher: Springer Nature
Date published ; e-published: 13/06/2019
Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Journal article