Prophage landscape in Enterococcus faecium: diversity, resistance genes, virulence factors, and endolysin profiling [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Enterococcus faecium is a major opportunistic pathogen associated with healthcare-associated infections and increasing antimicrobial resistance.
Zhiqian Wang +4 more
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Prevalence, diversity, and parasitism of tailed prophages in Vibrio harveyi [PDF]
mSphereVibrio harveyi, a pathogenic bacterium, contains prophages that significantly influence its pathogenesis and evolutionary traits. Investigating the prevalence, evolution, and ecological roles of these prophages is of great importance as V.
Ruijie Ma, Huiying Zhong, Rui Zhang
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The Potential Roles of Prophages in the Pathogenicity of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains from Kenya [PDF]
AntibioticsBackground/Objectives: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Klebsiella pneumoniae poses a serious threat to healthcare, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Juliah K. Akhwale +2 more
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Characterization of Prophages and Their Genetic Cargo in Clinical M. abscessus Isolates [PDF]
MicroorganismsLimited data exist regarding lysogenic phages carried by M. abscessus, as well as regarding their roles played in diseases. Strains identified as M. abscessus from patients were collected.
Sichun Luan +5 more
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Comprehensive discovery and functional characterization of diverse prophages in the pig gut microbiome [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyProphages, viruses integrated into bacterial or archaeal genomes, can carry cargo that confers beneficial phenotypes to the host. The porcine gut microbiota constitutes a complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem, yet the distribution of prophages ...
Chao Wei, Yaxiang Wang, Zhe Chen
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Systematic evaluation of phenotypic variations induced by prophages in a clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa [PDF]
mSystemsWith the rise of antibiotic resistance, nosocomial infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa present a significant challenge to healthcare systems. Prophages integrated into bacterial chromosomes play a key role in generating phenotypic and genotypic ...
Xiaoyu Li +9 more
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Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2023 Citrobacter freundii is a Gram-negative opportunistic bacterium that can cause infections, sepsis, and meningitis, predominantly in infants and immunocompromised adults. This study is aimed at investigating the distribution of prophages in C.
Ishrat Jabeen +6 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Prophages as a part of Staphylococcus aureus genome contribute to the genetic diversity as well as survival strategies of their host. Some S. aureus prophages also have an imminent risk of host cell lysis and become a lytic phage.
Wenyuan Zhou +10 more
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Characterization of prophages in bacterial genomes from the honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiome [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The gut of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) possesses a relatively simple bacterial community, but little is known about its community of prophages (temperate bacteriophages integrated into the bacterial genome).
Emma K. Bueren +5 more
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Comparative analysis of prophage-like elements in Helicobacter sp. genomes [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Prophages are regarded as one of the factors underlying bacterial virulence, genomic diversification, and fitness, and are ubiquitous in bacterial genomes. Information on Helicobacter sp. prophages remains scarce.
Xiangyu Fan +4 more
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