Prophages in Lactobacillus reuteri are associated with fitness trade-offs but can increase competitiveness in the gut ecosystem

JH Oh, XB Lin, S Zhang, SL Tollenaar… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The gut microbiota harbors a diverse phage population that is largely derived from lysogens,
which are bacteria that contain dormant phages in their genome. While the diversity of …