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Lysogenic conversion of commensal bacteria. Temperate phages can carry genes that can confer an evolutionary advantage to the bacterial host cell. Figure shows antibiotic-resistance as an example, which can further aid commensal bacteria to survive when exposed to specific antibiotics.
