Computational tools for the analysis of uncultivated phage genomes

JS Andrade-Martínez, LC Camelo Valera… - Microbiology and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Over a century of bacteriophage research has uncovered a plethora of fundamental aspects
of their biology, ecology, and evolution. Furthermore, the introduction of community-level …

Structural and genomic diversity of bacteriophages

B Ely, J Lenski, T Mohammadi - Bacteriophages: Methods and Protocols, 2023 - Springer
Bacteriophage diversity is a relatively unknown frontier that is rapidly being explored,
leading to a wealth of new information. New bacteriophages are being discovered at an …

Prokaryotic and viral genomes recovered from 787 Japanese gut metagenomes revealed microbial features linked to diets, populations, and diseases

Y Tomofuji, T Kishikawa, Y Maeda, K Ogawa… - Cell Genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Summary We reconstructed 19,084 prokaryotic and 31,395 viral genomes from 787
Japanese gut metagenomes as Japanese metagenome-assembled genomes (JMAG) and …

CrAssphage may be viable markers of contamination in pristine and Contaminated River water

N Mafumo, OKI Bezuidt, W le Roux, TP Makhalanyane - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viruses are the most biologically abundant entities and may be ideal indicators of fecal
pollutants in water. Anthropogenic activities have triggered drastic ecosystem changes in …

Strain-level dynamics reveal regulatory roles in atopic eczema by gut bacterial phages

Y Chu, Q Meng, J Yu, J Zhang, J Chen… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The vast population of bacterial phages or viruses (virome) plays pivotal roles in the ecology
of human microbial flora and health conditions. Obstacles, including poor viral sequence …

Assessing phage-host population dynamics by reintroducing virulent viruses to synthetic microbiomes

J Wilde, R Boyes, AV Robinson, BA Daisley… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024 - cell.com
Microbiomes feature complex interactions between diverse bacteria and bacteriophages.
Synthetic microbiomes offer a powerful way to study these interactions; however, a major …

Mriyaviruses: small relatives of giant viruses

N Yutin, P Mutz, M Krupovic, EV Koonin - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The phylum Nucleocytoviricota consists of large and giant viruses that range in genome size
from about 100 kilobases (kb) to more than 2.5 megabases. Here, using metagenome …

Host translation machinery is not a barrier to phages that interact with both CPR and non-CPR bacteria

J Liu, AL Jaffe, LX Chen, B Bor, JF Banfield - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Within human microbiomes, Gracilibacteria, Absconditabacteria, and
Saccharibacteria, members of Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR), are increasingly correlated …

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B Ely, J Lenski, T Mohammadi - Bacteriophages: Methods and …, 2023 - books.google.com
Bacteriophage diversity is a relatively unknown frontier that is rapidly being explored,
leading to a wealth of new information. New bacteriophages are being discovered at an …