2 papers
q-bio.PE2013
The virus of my virus is my friend: ecological effects of virophage with alternative modes of coinfection
Bradford P. Taylor, Michael H. Cortez, Joshua S. Weitz
Virophages are viruses that rely on the replication machinery of other viruses to reproduce within eukaryotic hosts. Two different modes of coinfection have been posited based on e…
q-bio.PE2013
Mechanisms of Multi-strain Coexistence in Host-Phage Systems with Nested Infection Networks
Luis F. Jover, Michael H. Cortez, Joshua S. Weitz
Bacteria and their viruses ("bacteriophages") coexist in natural environments forming complex infection networks. Recent empirical findings suggest that phage-bacteria infection ne…