Study reveals how viruses collectively decide the fate of a bacterial cell

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 07:14 in Biology & Nature

A new study suggests that bacteria-infecting viruses – called phages – can make collective decisions about whether to kill host cells immediately after infection or enter a latent state to remain within the host cell.

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