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Extreme dimensions — how big (or small) can tailed phages be?

This month’s Genome Watch highlights the search for unusually large (or small) tailed phages driven by metagenomics.

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Berg, M., Roux, S. Extreme dimensions — how big (or small) can tailed phages be?. Nat Rev Microbiol 19, 407 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-021-00574-z

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