Genomic and ecological attributes of marine bacteriophages encoding bacterial virulence genes

Genomic and ecological attributes of marine bacteriophages encoding bacterial virulence genes

Abstract Background Bacteriophages encode genes that modify bacterial functions during infection. The acquisition of phage-encoded virulence genes is a major mechanism for the rise of bacterial pathogens. In coral reefs, high bacterial density and lysogeny has been proposed to exacerbate reef declin...

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Main Authors: Cynthia B. Silveira, Felipe H. Coutinho, Giselle S. Cavalcanti, Sean Benler, Michael P. Doane, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale, Robert A. Edwards, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Cristiane C. Thompson, Antoni Luque, Forest L. Rohwer, Fabiano Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Marine phage
Virulence genes
Lysogeny
Virome
Bacterial pathogenicity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6523-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6523-2

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