News From the Field MIT Research Details Parasitic Battles
September 5, 2007
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Scientists at MIT's department of civil and environmental engineering and the Technion have recorded the entire genomic expression of a host bacterium and infecting virus over the eight-hour course of infection. Their study leads them to speculate that the meeting between a marine bacterial host and its virus may be not just a battle between individuals, but an evolutionarily significant exchange that helps both species become more fit for life in the harsh ocean environment.
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Source Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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