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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Payne P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5922976 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20180309
Herd immunity, a process in which resistant individuals limit the spread of a pathogen among susceptible hosts has been extensively studied in eukaryotes. Even though bacteria have evolved multiple immune systems against their phage pathogens, herd immunity in bacteria remains unexplored. Here we experimentally demonstrate that herd immunity arises during phage epidemics in structured and unstructured <i>Escherichia coli</i> populations consisting of differing frequencies of susceptible and resi ...[more]