Bacterial dormancy curbs phage epidemics

Simon A. Jackson and Peter C. Fineran ()

Nature, 2019, vol. 570, issue 7760, 173-174

Abstract: One type of CRISPR–Cas bacterial-defence system destroys phage and bacterial RNA, which leads to bacterial dormancy. Dormancy is found to limit viral spread, and also protects against unrelated viruses and viral mutants.

Keywords: Microbiology; Virology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-01595-8

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