Giant viruses have weaponised CRISPR against their bacterial hosts

Hundreds of giant viruses that infect bacteria have been discovered. Some seem to deploy CRISPR – the system used for gene editing – to fight their hosts
Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2197422-giant-viruses-have-weaponised-crispr-against-their-bacterial-hosts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home