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Predicted and inducible prophages display contrasting virulence gene profiles within the prophage–SaPI mobilome of Staphylococcus aureus [PDF]
mSphereProphages play a significant role in bacterial evolution by shaping genomic diversity, virulence, and host adaptation. This study investigated the prophage composition of 109 clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from four tertiary care ...
Alan Aguayo-González +7 more
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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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Scientific Reports, 2023 Prophages, which enables bacterial hosts to acquire novel traits, and increase genetic variation and evolutionary innovation, are considered to be one of the greatest drivers of bacterial diversity and evolution.
Zheng Fang +7 more
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Microorganisms, 2021 Sulfate reducing prokaryotes (SRP) are a phylogenetically and physiologically diverse group of microorganisms that use sulfate as an electron acceptor. SRP have long been recognized as key players of the carbon and sulfur cycles, and more recently, they ...
Jonathan Acosta +2 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyProphages are bacteriophages that integrate their genomes into the bacterial chromosome. This research aimed to analyze and characterize prophages integrated into 44 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia. A total
Mohammad Bosaeed, Mohammed İmam
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Prophage diversity in poultry-associated Salmonella enterica from Ecuador: a case study using an in-silico terminase-based approach [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyProphages can constitute up to 30% of the accessory genome in Salmonella enterica, acting as major drivers of virulence evolution and antimicrobial resistance; however, their diversity and functional contribution in Ecuadorian poultry-associated lineages
Francisco Quelal-Madrid +4 more
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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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Prophages and satellite prophages are widespread in Streptococcus and may play a role in pneumococcal pathogenesis [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Prophages are viral genomes integrated within bacterial genomes. Here, Rezaei Javan et al. identify nearly 800 prophages and satellite prophages in > 1300 Streptococcus genomes, and show that a satellite prophage is associated with virulence in a mouse ...
Reza Rezaei Javan +4 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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