Coinfecting viruses impede each other’s ability to enter cells

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Source: Fred Zwicky

Scientists researching phage infection at the level of a single cell investigated whether the number of infecting phages that bind to the bacterial surface corresponds to the amount of viral genetic material that is injected into the cell.

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