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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
6 days ago

Your Gut Is Full of VirusesAnd That's a Good Thing

A diverse gut virome, dominated by bacteriophages, continually shapes health by modulating bacterial populations, transferring genes like antibiotic resistance, and changing with age, diet, and environment.
fromwww.nature.com
3 months ago
Coronavirus

Protein-primed homopolymer synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase

The DRT9 system uses RNA templates to synthesize poly-deoxyadenylate as a novel bacterial immunity mechanism against viral infections.
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