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We have a new preprint describing a method for #bacteriophage phylogenetics and comparative genomics.

Maybe useful for those interested in all the amazing #phages out there and their bizarre mosaic genomes

Towards a unifying phylogenomic framework for tailed phages

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.21.619452v1.abstract

#viruses #microbiology


Contrasting drivers of abundant phage and prokaryotic communities revealed in diverse coastal ecosystems

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-023-00333-6

#marine #viruses #phages #ocean #microbiology #virology


#Phages are key drivers of #MicrobialEvolution, but many #phage genes are poorly understood. @denish_piya @AdamArkinLab @vivek_mutalik &co use arrayed genome-wide #CRISPRi to map gene the essentiality landscape in the iconic coliphages λ & P1. #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3uLtzgU


Awesome work from Rotem Sorek lab in our department:
Rotem's lab & others found this past decade >150 bacterial defense mechanisms against phages.
This new work, led by Erez Yirmiya, explores phage *anti-defense* mechanisms, and it's really cool!
#bacteria #bacteriophage #phages

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06869-w


Ongoing shuffling of protein fragments diversifies core viral functions linked to interactions with bacterial hosts

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43236-9

#phages #viruses #evolution #genomics


Vampire viruses prey on other #viruses to replicate themselves

#phages

A virus that latches onto the neck of another virus

https://flip.it/MazmGp


Characterization of crAss-like phage isolates highlights Crassvirales genetic heterogeneity and worldwide distribution

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40098-z

#phages #bacteriophage #viruses


Scientists discover how parasites of #viruses drive #superbug #evolution.

#phages #gene_transfer #lateral_transduction

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-scientists-parasites-viruses-superbug-evolution.html


Happy to say I defended my dissertation "Methods and complexity in phage-bacteria ecology and evolution"!

Much thanks to all those who supported me throughout my PhD.

I'm glad to be sticking around the Turner Lab for another year as a post-doc to continue my work on multispecies phage-bacteria communities

#PhDone #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Academia #PhD #Ecology #Evolution #Phage #Phages


'#Bioprospecting' technique uncovers #viruses that can kill deadly superbugs.

#phages #antimicrobial #epitopes #porin

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-bioprospecting-technique-uncovers-viruses-deadly.html


Happy to see the first experimental project I led finally out in the world! With Jeremy Moore, Sydney Olsen, and Mike Travisano

We combined experimental evolution and mathematical modeling to ask: do bacteria evolve to swim away from phages?

1/n

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.29.538831

#microbiology #evolution #ecology #phages #phage #bacteria #MicrobialEvolution #MicrobialEcology


Hijacking strategy mapped for hundreds of #viruses.

#infection #protein #motif #phages

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-hijacking-strategy-hundreds-viruses.html


Unexplored diversity and ecological functions of transposable phages

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-023-01414-z

#phages #viruses #transposons


Identification and characterization of thousands of bacteriophage satellites across bacteria

https://academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gkad123/7068371?rss=1

#phages #viruses #microbiology


Human-gut #phages harbor #sporulation genes | bioRxiv

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.19.524802v1

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