Inhibitors of bacterial immune systems: discovery, mechanisms and applications

D Mayo-Muñoz, R Pinilla-Redondo… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
To contend with the diversity and ubiquity of bacteriophages and other mobile genetic
elements, bacteria have developed an arsenal of immune defence mechanisms. Bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] How do interactions between mobile genetic elements affect horizontal gene transfer?

T Horne, VT Orr, JPJ Hall - Current opinion in microbiology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Collaboration and conflict between MGEs can promote and inhibit HGT•Many
genome defences are MGE-encoded, serving MGE interests and changing frequently•The …

PADLOC: a web server for the identification of antiviral defence systems in microbial genomes

LJ Payne, S Meaden, MR Mestre, C Palmer… - Nucleic acids …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Most bacteria and archaea possess multiple antiviral defence systems that protect against
infection by phages, archaeal viruses and mobile genetic elements. Our understanding of …

Going viral: The role of mobile genetic elements in bacterial immunity

B Beamud, F Benz, D Bikard - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024‏ - cell.com
Bacteriophages and other mobile genetic elements (MGEs) pose a significant threat to
bacteria, subjecting them to constant attacks. In response, bacteria have evolved a …

Synergy and regulation of antiphage systems: toward the existence of a bacterial immune system?

F Tesson, A Bernheim - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Different antiphage systems are encoded in one bacterial genome.•Bacterial
antiphage systems can function in synergy through different strategies.•Antiphage systems …

Accumulation of defense systems in phage-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

AR Costa, DF van den Berg, JQ Esser… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
Prokaryotes encode multiple distinct anti-phage defense systems in their genomes.
However, the impact of carrying a multitude of defense systems on phage resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-layered genome defences in bacteria

A Agapov, KS Baker, P Bedekar, RP Bhatia… - Current Opinion in …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Bacteria have evolved a variety of defence mechanisms to protect against mobile genetic
elements, including restriction-modification systems and CRISPR–Cas. In recent years …

Recent advances in phage defense systems and potential overcoming strategies

X Yuan, Z Huang, Z Zhu, J Zhang, Q Wu, L Xue… - Biotechnology …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Bacteriophages are effective in the prevention and control of bacteria, and many phage
products have been permitted and applied in the field. Because bacteriophages are …

A host of armor: Prokaryotic immune strategies against mobile genetic elements

D Mayo-Muñoz, R Pinilla-Redondo, N Birkholz… - Cell Reports, 2023‏ - cell.com
Prokaryotic adaptation is strongly influenced by the horizontal acquisition of beneficial traits
via mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as viruses/bacteriophages and plasmids …

Insight into the natural regulatory mechanisms and clinical applications of the CRISPR-Cas system

H Cheng, H Deng, D Ma, M Gao, Z Zhou, H Li, S Liu… - Heliyon, 2024‏ - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas, the adaptive immune system exclusive to prokaryotes, confers resistance
against foreign mobile genetic elements. The CRISPR-Cas system is now being exploited …