We are in the midst of a golden age of uncovering defense systems against bacteriophages.
Apart from the fundamental interest in these defense systems, and revolutionary applications …

Purpose Widespread antibiotic-resistant bacteria are threatening the arsenal of existing
antibiotics. Not only are antibiotics less likely to be effective today, but their extensive use …

The Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Network (CUREnet) was initiated
in 2012 with funding from the National Science Foundation program for Research …

Engaging large numbers of undergraduates in authentic scientific discovery is desirable but
difficult to achieve. We have developed a general model in which faculty and teaching …

Actinobacteriophages are viruses that infect bacterial hosts in the phylum Actinobacteria.
More than 17,000 actinobacteriophages have been described and over 3,000 complete …

Mycobacteriophages—bacteriophages infecting Mycobacterium hosts—contribute
substantially to our understanding of viral diversity and evolution, provide resources for …

Bacteriophages occupy a unique position in biology, representing an absolute majority of all
organisms in the biosphere. Because their genomes are relatively small, elucidating the …

Background Bacteriophage genomes have mosaic architectures and are replete with small
open reading frames of unknown function, presenting challenges in their annotation …

Bacteria have a range of distinct immune strategies that provide protection against
bacteriophage (phage) infections. While much has been learned about the mechanism of …

The bacteriophage population is large, dynamic, ancient, and genetically diverse. Limited
genomic information shows that phage genomes are mosaic, and the genetic architecture of …