Oscillating bacterial expression states generate herd immunity to viral infection
Christopher J. R. Turkington, Andrey Morozov, Martha R. J. Clokie, Christopher D. Bayliss
The paper shows bacteria use hypermutable loci to generate herd immunity against phage infection by creating resistant sub-populations that block phage spread.
bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology