Staphylococcus aureus Prophage-Encoded Protein Causes Abortive Infection and Provides Population Immunity against Kayviruses
ABSTRACT Both temperate and obligately lytic phages have crucial roles in the biology of staphylococci. While superinfection exclusion among closely related temperate phages is a well-characterized phenomenon, the interactions between temperate and lytic phages in staphylococci are not understood. H...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-04-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02490-22 |