Time travel through genomics
Reconstruction of a 1,300-year-old phage genome shows similarities to a modern virus that infects intestinal bacteria
02-Feb-2024 -
Viruses adapt quickly to new conditions, which is accompanied by a change in their genome. This also applies to a special group of viruses, the bacteriophages. A research team from Poland, the Netherlands and Germany has now successfully reconstructed numerous old phage genomes. These include a ...
bacteriophages
evolution
genomes
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