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"Bacteria and viruses are locked in a perpetual arms race. As bacterial viruses continuously try to penetrate and infect bacteria, bacteria are endlessly evolving anti-viral defense systems. Understanding how this struggle unfolds is critical, as bacteria are a vital component of many emerging biotechnologies and foods we eat. Scientists recently explored the battles that take place in cheese, where the presence of only a few species of bacteria makes an ideal, simple, and reproducible model system. The communities they analyzed harbored highly diverse defense mechanisms, even among nearly identical strains, suggesting rapid evolution. Additionally, the abundances of CRISPR spacers and their phage targets were correlated, suggesting that bacteria have genetic mechanisms for effectively defending against viral foes..."
The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.
- Subject:
- Biology
- Life Science
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Reading
- Provider:
- Research Square
- Provider Set:
- Video Bytes
- Date Added:
- 04/14/2023
