Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long standing virus-host interactions
M. Berg, D. Goudeau, C. Olmsted, K. D. McMahon, J. Thweatt, D. Bryant, E. A. Eloe-Fadrosh, R. R. Malmstrom, S. Roux
This study examines viral infection dynamics in green sulfur bacteria, finding that multiple viruses, including lysogenic ones, co-infect host populations and that host diversity may influence the lytic/lysogenic switch.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2020Microbiology