Novel Giant Phages vB_AerVM_332-Vera and vB_AerVM_332-Igor and Siphophage vB_AerVS_332-Yulya Infecting the Same Aeromonas veronii Strain [PDF]
VirusesThree novel Aeromonas phages vB_AerVS_332-Yuliya, vB_AerVM_332-Vera, and vB_AerVM_332-Igor and their host Aeromonas veronii CEMTC7594 were found in the same water + sediments sample collected in a freshwater pond.
Igor V. Babkin +8 more
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Dolichocephalovirinae Phages Exist as Episomal Pseudolysogens Across Diverse Soil Bacteria [PDF]
MicroorganismsInteractions between bacteria and bacteriophages are important for the maintenance of soil communities. In this study, we characterized the giant bacteriophages found within diverse soil bacteria and 14 additional phages isolated directly from soil ...
Tannaz Mohammadi, Bert Ely
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Variations of the Virome in Raw and Treated Water: A One-Year Follow-Up at Six Different Drinking Water Treatment Plants. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepThis paper describes monitoring of outgoing water from drinking water treatment plants, geographically spread over half of Sweden and sampled every other month for 1 year. We found differences in the virome from the different water sources from each plant as well as differences in virus size and seasonal variation, where we also could detect viruses in
Saguti F +10 more
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Conserved tripartite tail proteins mediate virophage-host interactions through Synechococcus lipopolysaccharide binding [PDF]
Journal of VirologyVirophages are small double-stranded DNA viruses that parasitize giant viruses and play crucial roles in microbial ecosystem dynamics. In this study, we investigate three evolutionarily conserved tail proteins in Dishui Lake Virophage 2 (DSLV2) that ...
Ting Chu +12 more
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The Potential of Co-Evolution and Interactions of Gut Bacteria–Phages in Bamboo-Eating Pandas: Insights from Dietary Preference-Based Metagenomic Analysis [PDF]
MicroorganismsBacteria and phages are two of the most abundant biological entities in the gut microbiome, and diet and host phylogeny are two of the most critical factors influencing the gut microbiome. A stable gut bacterial community plays a pivotal role in the host’
Mingyue Zhang +3 more
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Assessing the transcriptional landscape of Pseudomonas phage 201ϕ2‐1: Uncovering the small regulatory details of a giant phage [PDF]
Microbial BiotechnologyThe transcriptional architecture of phages can deepen our understanding of the phage‐host infection process and can be of key importance for phage engineering and biotechnological applications.
Jorien Poppeliers +5 more
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Giant viruses as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsNucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs; also called giant viruses), constituting the phylum Nucleocytoviricota, can infect a wide range of eukaryotes and exchange genetic material with not only their hosts but also prokaryotes and phages.
Xinzhu Yi +13 more
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The Human Respiratory Virome in Health and Disease: Interactions, Dysbiosis, and Methodological Challenges. [PDF]
Adv Genet (Hoboken)This article examines how the respiratory virome contributes to health and disease, highlighting its interactions with the host and bacteriome. Key disease associations and present knowledge gaps are outlined. The review discusses challenges in sample collection and preprocessing, and presents future research directions for understanding virome ...
Yao X, Zou X, Cao B.
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Exploring pangenomic diversity and CRISPR-Cas evasion potential in jumbo phages: a comparative genomics study [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumJumbo phages are characterized by their remarkably large-sized genome and unique life cycles. Jumbo phages belonging to Chimalliviridae family protect the replicating phage DNA from host immune systems like CRISPR-Cas and restriction-modification system ...
Sharayu Magar +3 more
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Phage phiKZ—The First of Giants
Viruses, 2021 The paper covers the history of the discovery and description of phiKZ, the first known giant bacteriophage active on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It also describes its unique features, especially the characteristic manner of DNA packing in the head around a ...
Victor Krylov +8 more
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