The good viruses: Viral mutualistic symbioses

Marilyn J. Roossinck

doi:10.1038/nrmicro2491

The good viruses: Viral mutualistic symbioses

Marilyn J. Roossinck

Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology

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Abstract

Although viruses are most often studied as pathogens, many are beneficial to their hosts, providing essential functions in some cases and conditionally beneficial functions in others. Beneficial viruses have been discovered in many different hosts, including bacteria, insects, plants, fungi and animals. How these beneficial interactions evolve is still a mystery in many cases but, as discussed in this Review, the mechanisms of these interactions are beginning to be understood in more detail.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	99-108
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature Reviews Microbiology
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2491
State	Published - Feb 2011

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Microbiology
General Immunology and Microbiology
Infectious Diseases

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