Bacteriophages and other mobile genetic elements (MGEs) pose a significant threat to
bacteria, subjecting them to constant attacks. In response, bacteria have evolved a …

Prophages, latent viral elements residing in bacterial genomes affect bacterial ecology and
evolution in diverse ways. Do these prophage-mediated effects extend beyond the …

Gnotobiotic murine models are important to understand microbiota–host interactions.
Despite the role of bacteriophages as drivers for microbiome structure and function, there is …

Bacterial genomes often harbor integrated viruses (prophages), which provide novel
functions but also lyse cells under stressful conditions. A new paper combines mathematical …

Phage-host interactions have been studied using one or a few phages and hosts in simple,
controlled systems. Here, we implemented an experimental design to evolve a 12-phage …

Despite the immense diversity of tailed bacteriophages, they are traditionally classified as
either virulent or temperate, with only the latter thought capable of long-term persistence in …

Background/Objectives: This study explores the genome sequencing data from the infection
of Pseudomonas fluorescens UFV 041 by the bacteriophage Pijolavirus UFJF_PfSW6 …

Understanding the drivers and mechanisms of virulence evolution is still a major goal of
evolutionary biologists and epidemiologists. Theory predicts that the way virulence evolves …