Perfect predators persist

Abstract

If only temperate bacteriophages should be able to lie dormant in bacterial cells, why have two independent groups found thousands of virulent phages hiding in bacterial sequencing data?

Authors

Cerson CE; Hynes AP

Journal

Nature Microbiology, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 12–13

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

January 1, 2026

DOI

10.1038/s41564-025-02226-x

ISSN

2058-5276

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Alexander Hynes

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Fields of Research (FoR)

31 Biological Sciences 3103 Ecology 3107 Microbiology

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