Temperate gut phages are prevalent, diverse, and predominantly inactive

S Dahlman, L Avellaneda-Franco, C Kett, D Subedi… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Large-scale metagenomic and data mining efforts have uncovered an expansive diversity of
bacteriophages (phages) within the human gut. These insights include broader phage …

Genomic Sequencing and Biological Characteristics of a Novel Escherichia Coli Bacteriophage 9g, a Putative Representative of a New Siphoviridae Genus

EE Kulikov, AK Golomidova, MA Letarova… - Viruses, 2014 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophage 9g was isolated from horse feces using Escherichia coli C600 as a host
strain. Phage 9g has a slightly elongated capsid 62× 76 nm in diameter and a non …

The Isolation and Characterization of Kronos, a Novel Caulobacter Rhizosphere Phage that is Similar to Lambdoid Phages

L Berrios, B Ely - Current microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Despite their ubiquity, relatively few bacteriophages have been characterized. Here, we set
out to explore Caulobacter bacteriophages (caulophages) in the rhizosphere and …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol for the isolation, sequencing, and analysis of the gut phageome from human fecal samples

S Bikel, L Gallardo-Becerra, F Cornejo-Granados… - STAR protocols, 2022 - Elsevier
The phage-bacteria interactions in the gut microbiome are critical for health and disease, but
viruses of the human gut microbiome are poorly understood. Here, we present a simple and …

Novel Bacillus-Infecting Bacteriophage B13—The Founding Member of the Proposed New Genus Bunatrivirus

OA Kazantseva, EG Piligrimova, AM Shadrin - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, we describe a novel temperate bacteriophage, Bacillus phage B13. Bacillus-
infecting phages are widespread and abundant, though often overlooked including because …

Biological characteristics and genomic analysis of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia phage vB_SmaS_BUCT548

W Zhang, R Zhang, Y Hu, Y Liu, L Wang, X An, L Song… - Virus genes, 2021 - Springer
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (hereinafter referred to as S. maltophilia) has developed into
an important opportunistic pathogenic bacterium, which is prevalent in nosocomial and …

Genome sequence of temperate Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophage vB_VpaS_MAR10

A Alanis Villa, AM Kropinski, R Abbasifar, A Abbasifar… - 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is recognized as one of the main causes of human gastroenteritis
associated with seafood. We have fully sequenced the genome of a newly isolated phage …

Genomic and Ecogenomic Characterization of Proteus mirabilis Bacteriophages

DR Alves, J Nzakizwanayo, C Dedi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Proteus mirabilis often complicates the care of catheterized patients through the formation of
crystalline biofilms which block urine flow. Bacteriophage therapy has been highlighted as a …

First Complete Genome Sequence of Two Staphylococcus epidermidis Bacteriophages

A Daniel, PE Bonnen, VA Fischetti - Journal of bacteriology, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important opportunistic pathogen causing nosocomial
infections and is often associated with infections in patients with implanted prosthetic …

Optimizing protocols for extraction of bacteriophages prior to metagenomic analyses of phage communities in the human gut

JL Castro-Mejía, MK Muhammed, W Kot, H Neve… - Microbiome, 2015 - Springer
Background The human gut is densely populated with archaea, eukaryotes, bacteria, and
their viruses, such as bacteriophages. Advances in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) as …