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Alexandru V. Ion

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MicrobiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewedOct 29, 2025

Chromosomal curing drives an arms race between bacterial transformation and prophage

Min Jung Kwun, Alexandru V. Ion, Katinka Apagyi, Nicholas J. Croucher

The paper investigates how prophage and bacterial competence machinery engage in an evolutionary arms race through chromosomal curing and transformation mechanisms.

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