Horizontal gene transfer and CRISPR targeting drive phage-bacterial host interactions and co-evolution in pink berry marine microbial aggregates
J. C. Kosmopoulos, D. E. Campbell, R. Whitaker, E. Wilbanks
The paper identifies eight novel phages in pink berry microbial aggregates, showing CRISPR-driven phage evolution and horizontal gene transfer between phages and bacterial hosts.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Jul 26, 2023Peer-reviewedMicrobiology