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. 2019 Oct 9;26(4):450-452.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.09.003.

Cooperation among Conflict: Prophages Protect Bacteria from Phagocytosis

Brittany A Leigh  1
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Cooperation among Conflict: Prophages Protect Bacteria from Phagocytosis

Brittany A Leigh. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are the most abundant biological entities within the holobiont. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Jahn et al. (2019) describe a group of phages that can suppress immune cell function in marine sponges using secreted ankyrin proteins. They call these phages Ankyphages.

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