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To catch a hijacker: abundance, evolution and genetic diversity of P4-like bacteriophage satellites.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 17 Jan 2022
Moura de Sousa Jorge A, Rocha Eduardo P C
Abstract excerpt
Bacteriophages (phages) are bacterial parasites that can themselves be parasitized by phage satellites. The molecular mechanisms used by satellites to hijack phages are sometimes understood in great detail, but the origins, abundance, distribution and composition of these elements are poorly known. Here, we show that P4-like elements are present in more than 30% of the genomes of Enterobacterales, and in almost...
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