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Identification of prophages in bacterial genomes by dinucleotide relative abundance difference. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2007
BACKGROUND: Prophages are integrated viral forms in bacterial genomes that have been found to contribute to interstrain genetic variability. Many virulence-associated genes are reported to be prophage encoded.
K V Srividhya, V Alaguraj, G Poornima, Dinesh Kumar, G P Singh, L Raghavenderan, A V S K Mohan Katta, Preeti Mehta, S Krishnaswamy   +8 more
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High-throughput screening of natural compounds for prophage induction in controlling pathogenic bacteria in food

Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, 2023
Introduction: The clean label trend emphasizes the need for natural approaches to combat pathogenic bacteria in food. This study explores the potential of inducing prophages within bacterial genomes as a novel strategy to control pathogenic and spoilage ...
Elizabeth Tompkins, Brigitte Cadieux, Margot Amitrano, Lawrence Goodridge   +3 more
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Salmonella enterica Prophage Sequence Profiles Reflect Genome Diversity and Can Be Used for High Discrimination Subtyping

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Non-typhoidal Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide. Prompt and accurate identification of the sources of Salmonella responsible for disease outbreaks is crucial to minimize infections and eliminate ongoing sources of contamination.
Walid Mottawea, Walid Mottawea, Walid Mottawea, Marc-Olivier Duceppe, Andrée A. Dupras, Valentine Usongo, Julie Jeukens, Luca Freschi, Jean-Guillaume Emond-Rheault, Jeremie Hamel, Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj, Brian Boyle, Alexander Gill, Elton Burnett, Eelco Franz, Gitanjali Arya, Joel T. Weadge, Samantha Gruenheid, Martin Wiedmann, Hongsheng Huang, France Daigle, Sylvain Moineau, Sadjia Bekal, Roger C. Levesque, Lawrence D. Goodridge, Dele Ogunremi   +25 more
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Predominance of Single Prophage Carrying a CRISPR/cas System in "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" Strains in Southern China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
"Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" (CLas) is an uncultureable α-proteobacterium associated with citrus Huanglongbing (HLB, yellow shoot disease), a highly destructive disease affecting citrus production worldwide.
Zheng Zheng, Minli Bao, Fengnian Wu, Jianchi Chen, Xiaoling Deng   +4 more
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Genomic Analysis of Prophages Recovered from Listeria monocytogenes Lysogens Found in Seafood and Seafood-Related Environment

Microorganisms, 2021
A prophage is a phage-related sequence that is integrated into a bacterial chromosome. Prophages play an important role in bacterial evolution, survival, and persistence.
Hue Thi Kim Vu, Matthew J. Stasiewicz, Soottawat Benjakul, Kitiya Vongkamjan   +3 more
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Prophages

, 2023
Abstract Phages dominate every ecosystem on the planet. While virulent phages sculpt the microbiome by killing their bacterial hosts, temperate phages provide unique growth advantages to their hosts through lysogenic conversion. Many prophages benefit their host, and prophages are responsible for genotypic and phenotypic differences ...
Jody C. McKerral, Bhavya Papudeshi, Laura K. Inglis, Michael J. Roach, Przemyslaw Decewicz, Katelyn McNair, Antoni Luque, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Robert A. Edwards   +8 more
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The heterogenous and diverse population of prophages in Mycobacterium genomes

mSystems, 2023
Bacterial genomes commonly carry one or more integrated prophages, although prophage prevalence varies greatly in different bacterial genera and species.
Lawrence Abad, Christian H. Gauthier, Isabella Florian, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Graham F. Hatfull   +4 more
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Mining of Thousands of Prokaryotic Genomes Reveals High Abundance of Prophages with a Strictly Narrow Host Range

mSystems, 2022
Phages and prophages are one of the principal modulators of microbial populations. However, much of their diversity is still poorly understood. Here, we extracted 33,624 prophages from 13,713 complete prokaryotic genomes to explore the prophage diversity
Gamaliel López-Leal, Laura Carolina Camelo-Valera, Juan Manuel Hurtado-Ramírez, Jérôme Verleyen, Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Alejandro Reyes-Muñoz   +5 more
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MQM1, a bacteriophage infecting strains of Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida carrying Prophage 3

Virus Research, 2023
Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida is a Gam-negative bacterium responsible for furunculosis in fish. Because this aquatic bacterial pathogen has a rich reservoir of antibiotic-resistant genes, it is essential to investigate antibacterial ...
Nava Hosseini, Valérie E. Paquet, Pierre-Étienne Marcoux, Charles-Antoine Alain, Maude F. Paquet, Sylvain Moineau, Steve J. Charette   +6 more
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Effects of the Campylobacter jejuni CJIE1 prophage homologs on adherence and invasion in culture, patient symptoms, and source of infection

BMC Microbiology, 2012
Background Prophages of enteric bacteria are frequently of key importance for the biology, virulence, or host adaptation of their host. Some C. jejuni isolates carry homologs of the CJIE1 (CMLP 1) prophage that carry cargo genes potentially involved in ...
Clark Clifford G, Grant Christopher CR, Pollari Frank, Marshall3 Barbara, Moses Jason, Tracz Dobryan M, Gilmour Matthew W   +6 more
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