The current prokaryotic taxonomy classifies phenotypically and genotypically diverse
microorganisms using a polyphasic approach. With advances in the next-generation …

Most bacteriophages present a tail allowing host recognition, cell wall perforation, and viral
DNA channeling from the capsid to the infected bacterium cytoplasm. The majority of tailed …

Background Viral metagenomic studies have suggested a role for bacteriophages in
intestinal dysbiosis associated with several human diseases. However, interpretation of viral …

Bacteriophages constitute an important part of the human gut microbiota, but their impact on
this community is largely unknown. Here, we cultivate temperate phages produced by 900 E …

Tailocins are high-molecular-weight bacteriocins produced by bacteria to kill related
environmental competitors by binding and puncturing their target. Tailocins are promising …

The evolution of asexual organisms is driven not only by the inheritance of genetic
modification but also by the acquisition of foreign DNA. The contribution of vertical and …

Despite an overall temporal stability in time of the human gut microbiota at the phylum level,
strong variations in species abundance have been observed. We are far from a clear …

Bacteria, bacteriophages that prey upon them, and mobile genetic elements (MGEs)
compete in dynamic environments, evolving strategies to sense the milieu. The first …

Salmonella enterica, a Gram-negative zoonotic bacterium, is mainly a food-borne pathogen
and the main cause of diarrhea in humans worldwide. The main reservoirs are found in …

Natural transformation and viral-mediated transduction are the main avenues of horizontal
gene transfer in Firmicutes. Bacillus subtilis SPP1 is a generalized transducing …