Virus Population Dynamics and Acquired Virus Resistance in Natural Microbial Communities

@article{Andersson2008VirusPD,
  title={Virus Population Dynamics and Acquired Virus Resistance in Natural Microbial Communities},
  author={Anders F. Andersson and Jillian F. Banfield},
  journal={Science},
  year={2008},
  volume={320},
  pages={1047 - 1050}
}
Viruses shape microbial community structure and function by altering the fitness of their hosts and by promoting genetic exchange. The complexity of most natural ecosystems has precluded detailed studies of virus-host interactions. We reconstructed virus and host bacterial and archaeal genome sequences from community genomic data from two natural acidophilic biofilms. Viruses were matched to their hosts by analyzing spacer sequences that occur among clustered regularly interspaced short… 
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