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. 2015 Jan 7;197(3):410–419. doi: 10.1128/JB.02230-14

FIG 2.

FIG 2

Impact of SPI on host physiology. Spontaneous induction of lysogenic prophages can have manifold effects, such as enhancing biofilm formation, playing a vital role in bacterial virulence or leading to horizontal gene transfer of its own DNA (including virulence factors) and of host genes.