🦠💡 Bacteria have millions of secret weapons against viruses!
Researchers used AI to uncover millions of new bacterial proteins likely involved in antiviral defense — suggesting immunity genes make up ~1.5% of the genome, 3× more than thought.
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Millions of new proteins with predicted roles in defence against viruses have been identified in bacteria. It was thought that around 0.5% of the average bacterial genome had some involvement in immun...
