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TattleTail is a rule-based bioinformatic pipeline for identifying canonical pyocin-encoding gene clusters in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It targets the characteristic trpE–trpG-associated loci, combining conserved pyocin genes with exclusion of

Marcin Borowicz received a NAWA Bekker award (2025 edition) of PLN 288,500 for a two-year project at the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, University of Queensland, Brisbane. “Ecogenomics of tailocins: viral legacy in microbial interaction

P2D1 tailocin from Dickeya dadantii was active against nine Pseudomonas strains among 480 soil and rhizosphere isolates. Six susceptible, nonpathogenic strains mitigated Dickeya-induced soft rot on potato; three related P. tensinigenes isol

Talia Backman (University of Utah) and colleagues published a new paper on tradeoffs and constraints in tailocin evolution, showing tailocins exhibit extreme target specificity, evolve rapidly, and face tradeoffs between resistance and host

Sean Carim (UC Berkeley) and colleagues published a new paper in The ISME Journal on their systematic discovery of pseudomonad genetic factors involved in sensitivity to tailocins ('headless phages'!). Read also this SciTechDaily article th

Sean Carim (UC Berkeley) and colleagues published a new preprint on the systematic discovery of pseudomonad genetic factors involved in tailocin sensitivity. Tailocins are essentially headless phages that likely evolved from defective proph

Sean Carim (UC Berkeley) and colleagues published a new preprint on the systematic discovery of pseudomonad genetic factors involved in tailocin sensitivity. Tailocins are essentially headless phages that likely evolved from defective proph