Scrambled signals: Bacterial viruses engage in information warfare
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Bacterial viruses can send and receive signals to inform critical decisions. In this issue of Cell, Manley et al. and Gallego-del-Sol et al. independently identify crosstalk between bacterial viruses, leading us to wonder what the information warfare landscape between them looks like.
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# Scrambled signals: Bacterial viruses engage in information warfare
*Published: 2026 May 14*
Bacterial viruses can send and receive signals to inform critical decisions. In
this issue of Cell, Manley et al. and Gallego-del-Sol et al. independently
identify crosstalk between bacterial viruses, leading us to wonder what the
information warfare landscape between them looks like.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2026.04.029