Interactions between bacterial and phage communities in natural environments

A Chevallereau, BJ Pons, S van Houte… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
We commonly acknowledge that bacterial viruses (phages) shape the composition and
evolution of bacterial communities in nature and therefore have important roles in ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to overcome the main challenges of the use of CRISPR/Cas9 as a replacement for cancer therapy

MF Rasul, BM Hussen, A Salihi, BS Ismael, PJ Jalal… - Molecular Cancer, 2022‏ - Springer
CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated protein
9) shows the opportunity to treat a diverse array of untreated various genetic and …

Phage-plasmids promote recombination and emergence of phages and plasmids

E Pfeifer, EPC Rocha - Nature Communications, 2024‏ - nature.com
Phages and plasmids are regarded as distinct types of mobile genetic elements that drive
bacterial evolution by horizontal gene transfer. However, the distinction between both types …

[HTML][HTML] Phages and their satellites encode hotspots of antiviral systems

F Rousset, F Depardieu, S Miele, J Dowding… - Cell host & …, 2022‏ - cell.com
Bacteria carry diverse genetic systems to defend against viral infection, some of which are
found within prophages where they inhibit competing viruses. Phage satellites pose …

Phage anti-CBASS and anti-Pycsar nucleases subvert bacterial immunity

SJ Hobbs, T Wein, A Lu, BR Morehouse, J Schnabel… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
The cyclic oligonucleotide-based antiphage signalling system (CBASS) and the pyrimidine
cyclase system for antiphage resistance (Pycsar) are antiphage defence systems in diverse …

Bacteriophages suppress CRISPR–Cas immunity using RNA-based anti-CRISPRs

S Camara-Wilpert, D Mayo-Muñoz, J Russel… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Many bacteria use CRISPR–Cas systems to combat mobile genetic elements, such as
bacteriophages and plasmids. In turn, these invasive elements have evolved anti-CRISPR …

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 …

CRISPR-Cas-based antimicrobials: design, challenges, and bacterial mechanisms of resistance

A Mayorga-Ramos, J Zúñiga-Miranda… - ACS infectious …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains is a source of public health concern
across the globe. As the discovery of new conventional antibiotics has stalled significantly …

Microbial evolution through horizontal gene transfer by mobile genetic elements

M Tokuda, M Shintani - Microbial Biotechnology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are crucial for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria
and facilitate their rapid evolution and adaptation. MGEs include plasmids, integrative and …

[HTML][HTML] Global marine microbial diversity and its potential in bioprospecting

J Chen, Y Jia, Y Sun, K Liu, C Zhou, C Liu, D Li, G Liu… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
The past two decades has witnessed a remarkable increase in the number of microbial
genomes retrieved from marine systems,. However, it has remained challenging to translate …