256: Antiviral Hotspots and Desiccation Tolerance

This Week in Microbiology

TWiM explains the discovery of hotspots of genetic variation containing reservoirs of anti-phage systems in E. coli phages and their parasitic satellites, and pathogen desiccation tolerance promoted by hydrophilins.

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• Phage and satellite antiviral systems (Cell Host Micro)
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