Specifically, we posit that horizontal gene transfer is more prevalent in phages that occupy host cells longer due to lysogenic or chronic infection stages and/or infect densely packed hosts (e.g., biofilms or clumped life stages) as these parameters would increase the probability of co-infection.
This occupied intracellular host niche may represent a finely balanced environment that potentially requires mechanisms to evade, manipulate and withstand host immunity, without becoming cytotoxic, which would prevent the establishment of persistent infections.
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Interfaces between protected and communal lands constitute sharp transitions between areas occupied by host communities that are extremely contrasted in terms of composition, diversity and density.
First, 8%% (300,801 square miles) of the total land area of the United States (3.80 million square miles) is occupied by host communities located within a 50-mile radius of a NPP.
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If occupied by host stem cells that escaped the conditioning, a donor HSC cannot enter these niches.
We did not find any genetic differentiation in the mtDNA of C. sikkimensis among their associated host plant species, which suggests that weevils occupying different host species do not shape host races.
OspA serotypes 2 8, which comprise the Eurasian genospecies B. afzelii and B. garinii, occupy distinct host niches, such as rodent versus avian hosts (16).
