๐Ÿ”ฌ CRISPR

Description of regions of Bacteria

by Stephen T. Abedon Ph.D. (abedon.1@osu.edu)

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About this entry: CRISPR is one of a growing set of phage biology and phage therapy terms defined here. For more phage terms, see Abedon, S.T. (2025). Phage Therapy Annotated Glossary. Preprints.org. 10.20944/preprints202508.0347.v1

phage.org/terms/CRISPR.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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CRISPR: Description of regions of Bacteria

Discussion

<p>CRISPR functioning requires two distinct steps. First is spacer sequence acquisition which is described as adaptation. Second is the use of spacer sequences to interfere with, for example, phage infection.

A great number of CRISPR publications and reviews exist. For more on CRISPR as an analogy of adaptive immunity as seen in vertebrates, however, see Abedon (2011) and Abedon (2012).

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org  ·  10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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