Herpesvirus latency confers symbiotic protection from bacterial infection

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Anne Dekas (Caltech) is following 5 new articles in Caltech Ge/Bi 246: Environmental Viruses: Seminar Additional Reading

Herpesvirus latency confers symbiotic protection from bacterial infection. Barton Erik S. (2007) Nature.
Virus Population Dynamics and Acquired Virus Resistance in Natural Microbial Communities. Andersson A. F. (2008) Science.
Genome-Wide Experimental Determination of Barriers to Horizontal Gene Transfer. Sorek R. (2007) Science.
Genome transplantation in bacteria: changing one species to another. Lartigue C (2007) Science.
Viruses of the Archaea: a unifying view. Prangishvili David (2006) Nat Rev Micro.

January 21, 2010
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Anne Dekas (Caltech) is following 13 new articles in Caltech Ge/Bi 246: Environmental Viruses: Seminar Discussion Articles

The Concept of Virus. Lwoff A. (1957) Microbiology.
Virus movement maintains local virus population diversity. Snyder J. C. (2007) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Prophages in marine bacteria: dangerous molecular time bombs or the key to survival in the seas?. Paul John H (2008) ISME J.
Viral Glycosphingolipids Induce Lytic Infection and Cell Death in Marine Phytoplankton. Vardi A. (2009) Science.
Microbiology. Variety--the splice of life--in microbial communities. Banfield JF (2009) Science.
Photosynthesis genes in marine viruses yield proteins during host infection. Lindell Debbie (2005) Nature.
The ancient Virus World and evolution of cells. Koonin EV (2006) Biol Direct.
Viruses manipulate the marine environment. Rohwer Forest (2009) Nature.
Herpesvirus latency confers symbiotic protection from bacterial infection. Barton Erik S. (2007) Nature.
Germ warfare in a microbial mat community: CRISPRs provide insights into the co-evolution of host and viral genomes. Heidelberg JF (2009) PLoS One.
Infection Paradox: High Abundance but Low Impact of Freshwater Benthic Viruses. Filippini M. (2006) Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Major viral impact on the functioning of benthic deep-sea ecosystems. Danovaro Roberto (2008) Nature.
The virophage as a unique parasite of the giant mimivirus. La Scola B (2008) Nature.

January 21, 2010
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Check this paper, which shows a latent herpesvirus infection confers resistance to bacterial infections in a mouse model:All humans become infected with multiple herpesviruses during childhood. After clearance of acute infection, herpesviruses enter a dormant

http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/05/herpes-it-does-body-good.php

Herpesvirus latency confers symbiotic protection from bacterial infection. Barton Erik S. (2007) Nature.

May 16, 2007
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Herpesvirus latency confers symbiotic protection from bacterial infection

Barton Erik S., White Douglas W., Cathelyn Jason S., Brett-McClellan Kelly A., Engle Michael, Diamond Michael S., Miller Virginia L., Virgin Herbert W.

Nature. 2007 May 17; 447(7142): 326-329.

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