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Comment
. 2006 Jul;4(7):e227.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040227. Epub 2006 Jun 13.

Success comes at a cost, even for phages

Liza Gross
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Success comes at a cost, even for phages

Liza Gross. PLoS Biol. 2006 Jul.
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Viruses infecting the bacterium Escherichia coli present very different life histories, which are probably constrained by a tradeoff between the decay rate of virus particles and the multiplication rate in the bacterial host. (Painting: “Phagedancer” by Stefanie Timmermann)
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