naturepoker · @naturepoker
646 followers · 1038 posts · Server genomic.social
Rob Edwards · @linsalrob
302 followers · 71 posts · Server genomic.social
Phages... So many #phage and they are all #prophage integrated into a #bacteria #genome
A few million prophages from > million bacterial genomes
Are prophages good or bad for bacteria? The data shows they provide heaps of benefits
The paper is in #biorxiv and the data is on #figshare
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.20.537752v1
https://open.flinders.edu.au/projects/Prophage_predictions/162127
#phage #prophage #bacteria #genome #biorxiv #figshare
Vivek Mutalik · @vivek_mutalik
597 followers · 530 posts · Server fediscience.org#Phages are important unrecognized players in the #ecology of the oral #pathogen Porphyromonas #gingivalis
#phage #bacteriophage #oralmicrobiome #microbiome #microbial community #prophage
#prophage #microbial #microbiome #oralmicrobiome #bacteriophage #phage #gingivalis #pathogen #ecology #Phages
Akos T Kovacs · @EvolvedBiofilm
432 followers · 1600 posts · Server mstdn.science
Nice Current Opinion in Microbiology review by @AndreaFloccari and @Anna_Dragos
Host control by SPĪ² phage regulatory switch as potential manipulation strategy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369527422001448
#bacillussubtilis #prophage #biofilm
naturepoker · @naturepoker
543 followers · 581 posts · Server genomic.socialInteresting! Could a similar relationship be present among #prophage or other #phage signatures of #rhodobacter and their GTA elements? That would pretty much cement the authors' suspicions #microbiology
Unique relationships between phages and endospore-forming hosts - ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X22003171
#prophage #phage #rhodobacter #microbiology
Vivek Mutalik · @vivek_mutalik
468 followers · 343 posts · Server fediscience.org
PLOS Biology · @PLOSBiology
2986 followers · 176 posts · Server fediscience.org
DNA life preservers. #Caulobacter produces #prophage-like gene transfer agent that mediates survival in DNA damaging conditions by providing genomic DNA from donor cells for #recombination-based repair in recipients @Tung_BK_Le @michael_laub8 #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3E0EyVR
#plosbiology #Recombination #prophage #caulobacter
Steve Baker · @Bakersm11
0 followers · 71 posts · Server theblower.au
