Resistance May Be Futile: Gut Spatial Heterogeneity Supports Bacteria-Phage Co-existence.

Cell Host Microbe

APC Microbiome Ireland, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address:

Published: September 2020

How do we explain the co-existence of bacteria and bacteriophages in complex environments? In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Lourenço et al. highlight the importance of spatial structure in facilitating the persistence of sensitive bacterial hosts and their virulent bacteriophages in the mammalian gut.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2020.08.008DOI Listing

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