Bacterial ‘Grounded’ Prophages: Hotspots for Genetic Renovation and Innovation

Lysogeny is prevalent and widely distributed in the murine gut microbiota

(2018) Min-Soo Kim et al.   ISME Journal

For the greater good: Programmed cell death in bacterial communities

(2018) Stijn H. Peeters et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

High parasite diversity accelerates host adaptation and diversification

(2018) A. Betts et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular Mechanisms Governing “Hair-Trigger” Induction of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Prophages

(2018) Dolonchapa Chakraborty et al.   Viruses-Basel

PhageWeb – Web Interface for Rapid Identification and Characterization of Prophages in Bacterial Genomes

(2018) Ailton Lopes de Sousa et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Prophage as a genetic reservoir: Promoting diversity and driving innovation in the host community

(2017) A. Nadeem et al.   EVOLUTION

Lysogeny in nature: mechanisms, impact and ecology of temperate phages

(2017) Cristina Howard-Varona et al.   ISME Journal

Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria

(2017) Jan-Willem Veening et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteria–Bacteriophage Coevolution in the Human Gut: Implications for Microbial Diversity and Functionality

(2017) Pauline D. Scanlan   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bad Phages in Good Bacteria: Role of the Mysterious orf63 of λ and Shiga Toxin-Converting Φ24B Bacteriophages

(2017) Aleksandra Dydecka et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain EDL933 Harbors Multiple Functional Prophage-Associated Genes Necessary for the Utilization of 5-N-Acetyl-9-O-Acetyl Neuraminic Acid as a Growth Substrate

(2016) Nadja Saile et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Programmed Cell Death and Complexity in Microbial Systems

(2016) Pierre M. Durand et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cryptic prophages as targets for drug development

(2016) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES

Unexpected Diversity of Escherichia coli SialateO-Acetyl Esterase NanS

(2016) Ariel Rangel et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular characterization of a new efficiently transducing bacteriophage identified in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2016) Marian Varga et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Ecogenomics and potential biogeochemical impacts of globally abundant ocean viruses

(2016) Simon Roux et al.   NATURE

Why Be Temperate: Lessons from Bacteriophage λ

(2016) Sylvain Gandon   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Significance of Mutualistic Phages for Bacterial Ecology and Evolution

(2016) Nancy Obeng et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance in Microbial Ecosystems through Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2016) Christian J. H. von Wintersdorff et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Transcriptomic Analysis of Shiga-Toxigenic Bacteriophage Carriage Reveals a Profound Regulatory Effect on Acid Resistance in Escherichia coli

(2015) Marta Veses-Garcia et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Plasticity and epistasis strongly affect bacterial fitness after losing multiple metabolic genes

(2015) Glen D'Souza et al.   EVOLUTION

Phage-mediated transfer of a dextranase gene in Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis and characterization of the enzyme

(2015) Claudia Picozzi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Physiological Function of Rac Prophage During Biofilm Formation and Regulation of Rac Excision in Escherichia coli K-12

(2015) Xiaoxiao Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Viral dark matter and virus–host interactions resolved from publicly available microbial genomes

(2015) Simon Roux et al.   eLife

Commensal E. coli Stx2 lysogens produce high levels of phages after spontaneous prophage induction

(2015) Hildegunn Iversen et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

VirSorter: mining viral signal from microbial genomic data

(2015) Simon Roux et al.   PeerJ

The Novel Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B Resistance Geneerm(44) Is Associated with a Prophage in Staphylococcus xylosus

(2014) Juliette R. K. Wipf et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Global Transcriptional Response of Clostridium difficile Carrying the ϕCD38-2 Prophage

(2014) Ognjen Sekulovic et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Depth-stratified functional and taxonomic niche specialization in the ‘core’ and ‘flexible’ Pacific Ocean Virome

(2014) Bonnie L Hurwitz et al.   ISME Journal

Natural Competence and the Evolution of DNA Uptake Specificity

(2014) J. C. Mell et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bacterial Genome Instability

(2014) E. Darmon et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

What Does the Talking?: Quorum Sensing Signalling Genes Discovered in a Bacteriophage Genome

(2014) Katherine R. Hargreaves et al.   PLoS One

Pervasive domestication of defective prophages by bacteria

(2014) L.-M. Bobay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Developmentally-Regulated Excision of the SPβ Prophage Reconstitutes a Gene Required for Spore Envelope Maturation in Bacillus subtilis

(2014) Kimihiro Abe et al.   PLoS Genetics

Temperate Phages Acquire DNA from Defective Prophages by Relaxed Homologous Recombination: The Role of Rad52-Like Recombinases

(2014) Marianne De Paepe et al.   PLoS Genetics

Sequence Variability of P2-Like Prophage Genomes Carrying the Cytolethal Distending Toxin V Operon in Escherichia coli O157

(2013) D. Svab et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

mazEF-mediated programmed cell death in bacteria: “What is this?”

(2013) Bhaskar Chandra Mohan Ramisetty et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Beta-Hemolysin Promotes Skin Colonization by Staphylococcus aureus

(2013) Y. Katayama et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Control of Directionality in Streptomyces Phage φBT1 Integrase-Mediated Site-Specific Recombination

(2013) Lin Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Altruism of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: recent hypothesis versus experimental results

(2013) Joanna M. Łoś et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Overexpression of Ipe protein from the coliphage mEp021 induces pleiotropic effects involving haemolysis by HlyE-containing vesicles and cell death

(2012) Eva Martínez-Peñafiel et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Characterization of Novel Phages Isolated in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Reveals Evolutionary Relationships with Staphylococcus aureus Phages

(2012) M. Deghorain et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Bacteriophage HK97 gp15 Moron Element Encodes a Novel Superinfection Exclusion Protein

(2012) Nichole Cumby et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Escherichia coli mutants induced by multi-ion irradiation

(2012) Zhiqing Song et al.   JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH

Genome, Integration, and Transduction of a Novel Temperate Phage of Helicobacter pylori

(2012) Cheng-Hung Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The Adaptation of Temperate Bacteriophages to Their Host Genomes

(2012) Louis-Marie Bobay et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Natural DNA Uptake by Escherichia coli

(2012) Sunita Sinha et al.   PLoS One

Phage-Mediated Acquisition of a Type III Secreted Effector Protein Boosts Growth of Salmonella by Nitrate Respiration

(2012) C. A. Lopez et al.   mBio

Complete genome sequence of a serotype 11A, ST62 Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive isolate

(2011) Romina Camilli et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Role of DLP12 lysis genes in Escherichia coli biofilm formation

(2011) F. A. Toba et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The evolutionary origin of orphan genes

(2011) Diethard Tautz et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The good viruses: viral mutualistic symbioses

(2011) Marilyn J. Roossinck   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Units of plasticity in bacterial genomes: new insight from the comparative genomics of two bacteria interacting with invertebrates, Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus

(2010) Jean-Claude Ogier et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Hydrogen peroxide-mediated induction of the Shiga toxinconverting lambdoid prophage ST2-8624 inEscherichia coliO157:H7

(2010) Joanna M. Łoś et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial DNA Uptake Sequences Can Accumulate by Molecular Drive Alone

(2010) H. Maughan et al.   GENETICS

Escherichia coli rnlA and rnlB Compose a Novel Toxin-Antitoxin System

(2010) M. Koga et al.   GENETICS

Bacterial genome plasticity and its impact on adaptation during persistent infection

(2010) Ulrich Dobrindt et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriophage Lambda: a Paradigm Revisited

(2010) P. C. M. Fogg et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Rapid diversification by recombination in Bartonella grahamii from wild rodents in Asia contrasts with low levels of genomic divergence in Northern Europe and America

(2010) EVA C. BERGLUND et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

YeeV is an Escherichia coli toxin that inhibits cell division by targeting the cytoskeleton proteins, FtsZ and MreB

(2010) Qian Tan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Antagonistic coevolution accelerates molecular evolution

(2010) Steve Paterson et al.   NATURE

Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments

(2010) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Controlling biofilm formation, prophage excision and cell death by rewiring global regulator H-NS ofEscherichia coli

(2010) Seok Hoon Hong et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Alternative Sigma Factor σH Modulates Prophage Integration and Excision in Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) Liang Tao et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Shiga Toxin 2 Is Specifically Released from Bacterial Cells by Two Different Mechanisms

(2009) T. Shimizu et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Common Variant of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type IVa in Isolates from Copenhagen, Denmark, Is Not Detected by the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Assay

(2009) M. D. Bartels et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pathogenic adaptation of intracellular bacteria by rewiring a cis-regulatory input function

(2009) S. E. Osborne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Defective Prophage Pool of Escherichia coli O157: Prophage–Prophage Interactions Potentiate Horizontal Transfer of Virulence Determinants

(2009) Md Asadulghani et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Identification and Characterization of Lactococcal-Prophage-Carried Superinfection Exclusion Genes

(2008) J. Mahony et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The origin of a novel gene through overprinting in Escherichia coli

(2008) Luis Delaye et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Host recognition and integration of filamentous phage ϕRSM in the phytopathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum

(2008) Ahmed Askora et al.   VIROLOGY