Enteric Viruses Hitch a Ride on the Evolutionary Highway

Melissa K Jones; Stephanie M Karst

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2017.12.013

Enteric Viruses Hitch a Ride on the Evolutionary Highway

Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Jan 10;23(1):5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.12.013.

Authors

Melissa K Jones¹, Stephanie M Karst²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
² Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29324229
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.12.013

Abstract

RNA viruses can recombine their genetic material during co-infection. However, the in vivo frequency of co-infections is unclear. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Erickson et al. (2018) demonstrate that an enteric RNA virus concentrates itself through multi-virion binding to bacteria, thus increasing genetic recombination and virus adaptability.

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MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Coinfection
DNA Viruses
RNA Viruses / genetics*
Viruses