Harnessing the Power of Defensive Microbes: Evolutionary Implications in Nature and Disease Control

Suzanne A. Ford; Kayla C. King

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005465

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Harnessing the Power of Defensive Microbes: Evolutionary Implications in Nature and Disease Control

Suzanne A. Ford ,

* E-mail: suzanne.abigail.ford@gmail.com (SAF); kayla.king@zoo.ox.ac.uk (KCK)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kayla C. King

* E-mail: suzanne.abigail.ford@gmail.com (SAF); kayla.king@zoo.ox.ac.uk (KCK)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Harnessing the Power of Defensive Microbes: Evolutionary Implications in Nature and Disease Control

Suzanne A. Ford,
Kayla C. King

Published: April 8, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005465

About the Authors

Suzanne A. Ford

* E-mail: suzanne.abigail.ford@gmail.com (SAF); kayla.king@zoo.ox.ac.uk (KCK)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kayla C. King

* E-mail: suzanne.abigail.ford@gmail.com (SAF); kayla.king@zoo.ox.ac.uk (KCK)

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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