ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2011
Bacteriophages and their genomes.
Review in Current opinion in virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 316 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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316 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 537 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Phage bioinformatics tools: a review of computational approaches for bacteriophage research.Briefings in bioinformatics · 2026Review
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- Competing Inter-Domain Quorum-Sensing Systems Control Prophage Lysis-Lysogeny Decisions.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Whole-proteome structure/function prediction in UropathogenicbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Bacteriophage therapy for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections: recent advances, clinical evidence, and translational challenges.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Molecular Insights into Phage-Hydrogel Polymer Interactions Through Docking, Molecular Dynamics, and Machine Learning.Polymers · 2026Article
- Phage Frontiers: Genomic and Functional Profiling of Novel Virulent Agents Targeting FoodborneBiology · 2026Article
- Genome-wide comparative and taxonomic characterization of prophages in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.Archives of microbiology · 2026Article
- The epidermal ecotone: a proposed model system for marine viral ecology at the animal-environmental interface.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Review
- Discovery and characterization of a novelPHAGE (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2026Article
256 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
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 genetic diversity of the phage population, deciphering their origins, and identifying the evolutionary mechanisms that shape the population would seem readily feasible. And yet the pace of phage genome characterization has slowed over the past three years, reflecting in part a need to transition from sequencing known and well-characterized bacteriophages to the isolation and comparative analysis of new isolates. The current state of bacteriophage genomics shows that the genetic diversity of the population is very high, that phages have been actively evolving for billions of years with active engagement of horizontal genetic exchange, and that their genomes are consequently pervasively mosaic in their architectures. But we have barely scratched the surface and the next years of phage genome exploration promise to be especially revealing.
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