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The study links temperate-phage capsule specificity with diverse receptor-binding proteins, including classical depolymerases and SGNH-domain hydrolases predicted to deacetylate polysaccharides. The team also shared English and Polish comic

HepS, encoded by the Gifsy-1 prophage in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, detects infection by Siphoviridae phages and cleaves tRNA anticodon loops to halt phage replication. Gifsy prophages evade self-targeting through a tail-tip v

Mary Eliza (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany) and colleagues published a new paper exploring the influence of a prophage on two different strains of rhizobia during their symbiosis with legumes. They show that while in o

Jiayu Gu (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and colleagues published a new paper on crosstalk between inovirus core gene and accessory toxin-antitoxin system, showing RepG4 protein from Pf4 phage triggers degradation of PfpC antitoxin, coordinat

Robert Brzozowski, Amelia Schmidt (University of Montana) and colleagues published a new paper on prophage-encoded sRNA limiting lytic phage infection, showing a lambdoid prophage in adherent-invasive E. coli encodes an sRNA that downregula

Nadezhda Kolupaeva (State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Russia) and colleagues published a new paper on diverse prophage content in A. baumannii and K. pneumoniae bloodstream isolates from patients in the ICU,

Yunxue Guo (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and colleagues discovered a reverse transcriptase-mediated mechanism of prophage genome reduction in P. aeruginosa biofilms, showing that Pf4 phage-encoded RT and an ncRNA collaborate to generate sup

Nicolas Kieffer (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) and colleagues investigated the role of mobile integrons in phage defense systems, showing that integrons can confer multiphage resistance and limit prophage activation.

University of Gdansk and the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland is seeking a PhD student to study the role of prophages in the environmental adaptation and virulence of pectinolytic bacteria.

University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk is seeking a post-doc to study the role of prophages in environmental adaptation and virulence of pectinolytic bacteria.

Jody McKerral and colleagues analyzed >2.5 million prophages from >500,000 bacterial genome assemblies, revealing that 94% are lysogens containing at least one identifiable prophage. The findings provide a new framework for identifying phag

Lance Boling (SDSU) and colleagues tested 117 consumable compounds (like toothpaste, Stevia, aspartame) for their ability to induce prophages from four bacterial species. They found that certain compounds induced prophages (some in a specie

Lance Boling (SDSU) and colleagues tested 117 consumable compounds (like toothpaste, Stevia, aspartame) for their ability to induce prophages from four bacterial species. They found that certain compounds induced prophages (some in a specie

Wolbachia are bacteria that are transmitted among female arthropods, sometimes killing males of their hosts. Jessamyn Perlmutter of Vanderbilt University and colleagues have shown that a single Wolbachia prophage gene may be responsible for

Wolbachia are bacteria that are transmitted among female arthropods, sometimes killing males of their hosts. Jessamyn Perlmutter of Vanderbilt University and colleagues have shown that a single Wolbachia prophage gene may be responsible for

Phigaro is a scalable command-line tool by Elizaveta Starikova and colleagues for phage and prophage prediction from nucleid acid sequences (including metagenomes). It can also produce annotated prophage genome maps and distinguish tailed f

Phigaro is a scalable command-line tool by Elizaveta Starikova and colleagues for phage and prophage prediction from nucleid acid sequences (including metagenomes). It can also produce annotated prophage genome maps and distinguish tailed f

Benler and colleagues at San Diego State University published a new paper that shows that diversity-generating retroelements (which lead to hypervariable proteins) are present in many prophages found in bacteria that live in the human gut.

Benler and colleagues at San Diego State University published a new paper that shows that diversity-generating retroelements (which lead to hypervariable proteins) are present in many prophages found in bacteria that live in the human gut.