Phage-Driven Loss of Virulence in a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium

Elina Laanto; Jaana K. H. Bamford; Jouni Laakso; Lotta-Riina Sundberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053157

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Phage-Driven Loss of Virulence in a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium

Elina Laanto,

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Jaana K. H. Bamford,

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Jouni Laakso,

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Lotta-Riina Sundberg

* E-mail: lotta-riina.sundberg@jyu.fi

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Phage-Driven Loss of Virulence in a Fish Pathogenic Bacterium

Elina Laanto,
Jaana K. H. Bamford,
Jouni Laakso,
Lotta-Riina Sundberg

Published: December 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053157

About the Authors

Elina Laanto

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Jaana K. H. Bamford

Jouni Laakso

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Lotta-Riina Sundberg

* E-mail: lotta-riina.sundberg@jyu.fi

Affiliations Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, Finland, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EL JKHB LRS. Performed the experiments: EL LRS. Analyzed the data: EL JKHB JL LRS. Wrote the paper: EL JKHB JL LRS.

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