How some gut microbes awaken zombie viruses in their neighbors
Some gut bacteria have a spooky superpower: they can reanimate dormant viruses lurking within other microbes
25-Feb-2022 -
This viral awakening unleashes full-blown infections that destroy the virus-carrying cells, Howard Hughes Medical Institute InvestigatorEmily Balskus's lab first published as a preprint onbioRxivand later in the journalNatureon February 23, 2022.A cryptic molecule called colibactin can ...
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