Plant bacteria deploy phage elements to wipe out the competition

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Source: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz

A new study has found that plant bacterial pathogens are able to repurpose elements of their own phages to wipe out competing microbes, suggesting such elements could someday be harnessed as an alternative to antibiotics.

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