Phage recombination drives evolution of spore-forming Bacilli
A. Dragos, P. B, Z. Hasan, M. Lenz-Strube, P. J. Kempen, G. Maroti, C. Kaspar, B. Bose, B. Burton, I. B. Bischofs, A. T. Kovacs
The paper shows that phage recombination under sporulation selection drives genetic diversity in Bacillus phages, leading to new prophages and virulent hybrids.
bioRxiv · May 6, 2020Microbiology