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Marine cyanobacteria can shrug off viral assault by inactivating the genes involved in virus attachment. But this strategy has a cost: it may affect cell fitness or even favour infection by other viruses. See Article p.604

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Figure 1: Transmission electron micrograph of a marine podovirus.

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  1. Frédéric Partensky and Laurence Garczarek are in the Department of Adaptation and Diversity in the Marine Environment, UMR 7144 CNRS & UPMC-University Paris 6, Station Biologique, 29680 Roscoff, France.,

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Partensky, F., Garczarek, L. Arms race in a drop of sea water. Nature 474, 582–583 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/474582a

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