Emergence of variability in isogenic Escherichia coli populations infected by a filamentous virus.

The spread of epidemics not only depends on the average number of parasites produced per host, but also on the existence of highly infectious individuals. It is widely accepted that infectiousness depends on genetic and environmental determinants. However, even in clonal populations of host and viru...

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Main Authors: Marianne De Paepe, Silvia De Monte, Lydia Robert, Ariel B Lindner, François Taddei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20676396/?tool=EBI