In the Anti-CRISPR Jungle, Only the Weak Thrive?

Abstract

If, as we all know, only the strong survive, why do bacterial viruses (phages) encode weak suppressors of a bacterial immune system? In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Chevallereau et al. (2019) expertly demonstrate how, in the context of competition with other phages, weakness can be a strength.

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Croteau FR; Hynes AP

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Cell Host & Microbe, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 157–159

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Elsevier

Publication Date

February 12, 2020

DOI

10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.019

ISSN

1931-3128

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Alexander Hynes

Associate Professor, FHSMED

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