Scientists discover a bacterial defense so strange they thought it was broken
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“Researchers have identified a bacterial immune system that functions in reverse by waiting for a viral infection to begin before producing a self-destructing toxin. This mechanism kills the infected cell to prevent the virus from spreading to its neighbors.”
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