An adaptable defense

Elife. 2020 Mar 30:9:e56122. doi: 10.7554/eLife.56122.

Abstract

The response of bacteria to the threat posed by phages depends on their local environment.

Keywords: CRISPR; bacteria; bacterial immunity; bacteriophage; coevolution; infectious disease; microbiology.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Bacteriophages* / genetics
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats*