Bacteriophages have primarily been studied using fast-growing laboratory cultures of their bacterial hosts. Here, Maffei et al. show that diverse phages can infect deep-dormant bacteria and suspend their replication until the host resuscitates; however, a particular phage can directly replicate and induce the lysis of deep-dormant hosts.
- Enea Maffei
- Anne-Kathrin Woischnig
- Alexander Harms
