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Microbiology

the idea that viruses keep microbial diversity high by preferentially infecting whichever host population is growing most.

In microbiology, Kill the Winner refers to the idea that viruses keep microbial diversity high by preferentially infecting whichever host population is growing most. This meaning comes from Thingstad (2000) in Limnology and Oceanography.[1]

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References

Thingstad, T. F. (2000). Elements of a theory for the mechanisms controlling abundance, diversity, and biogeochemical role of lytic bacterial viruses in aquatic systems. Limnology and Oceanography, 45(6), 1320-1328. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2000.45.6.1320

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