Virus-host swinging party in the oceans
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Open Access
- 1 March 2012
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Mobile Genetic Elements
- Vol. 2 (2) , 88-95
Abstract
Bacteria and their viruses (phages) are antagonists, yet have coexisted in nature for billions of years. Models proposed to explain the paradox of antagonistic coexistence generally reach two types...Keywords
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