Phagedancer

Caption: Viruses infecting the bacterium Escherichia coli present very different life histories, which are probably constrained by a trade-off between the decay rate of virus particles and the multiplication rate in the bacterial host.
Credit: Painting: “Phagedancer,” by Stefanie Timmermann
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