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This document summarizes two hypotheses for how bacteria develop resistance to viruses: 1) Mutation hypothesis: Bacteria can spontaneously mutate from virus sensitivity to resistance. Resistant clones will develop over time as new mutations occur. 2) Acquired immunity hypothesis: Bacteria do not mutate, but a small fraction can survive virus infection through random chance. Survivors pass resistance to offspring. The key difference is that mutation produces resistant clones, while acquired immunity result

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