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Harald Brüssow
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Population Genomics of Bacteriophages
Due to their small genome size, an abundance equaling or surpassing that of bacteria, and an obligatory dependence on their host bacteria, bacteriophages are an ideal study object for population genomics. Howe...
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On Viruses, Bats and Men: A Natural History of Food-Borne Viral Infections
In this chapter, cross-species infections from bats to humans are reviewed that do or do not use intermediate animal amplification hosts and that lead to human-human transmissions with various efficiencies. Ra...
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Comparative genomics of phages and prophages in lactic acid bacteria
Comparative phage genomics has become possible due to the availability of more than 100 complete phage genome sequences and the development of powerful bioinformatics tools. This technology, profiting from cla...
