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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences· 2018Q1

Rapid evolution of decreased host susceptibility drives a stable relationship between ultrasmall parasite TM7x and its bacterial host

Batbileg Bor, Jeffrey S. McLean, Kevin R. Foster, Lujia Cen et al.

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The ultrasmall bacterial parasite TM7x can be lethal to its host, but the host rapidly evolves reduced susceptibility, leading to a stable, long-term parasitic relationship.

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Field: Microbiology

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