Long-term genomic coevolution of host-parasite interaction in the natural environment

Arms races between phage and bacteria are well known from lab experiments, but insight from field systems is limited. Here, the authors show changes in the resistance and CRISPR loci of bacteria and the infectivity, host range and genome size of phage over multiple years in an aquaculture environmen...

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Main Authors: Elina Laanto, Ville Hoikkala, Janne Ravantti, Lotta-Riina Sundberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00158-7