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Humans can be infected by many viruses, including the Ebola virus pictured here. However, the most diverse viruses are those that infect bacteria. (CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith/Wikimedia Commons)

How bacteria hijack viruses to shuffle their own DNA

J. Thomas Beatty, University of British Columbia and Andrew S. Lang, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Bacteria have transformed some viruses — now called gene-transfer agents — into a means of exchanging genetic material among themselves.

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