ReviewVirulence2013
Importance of prophages to evolution and virulence of bacterial pathogens.
Review in Virulence, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 332 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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332 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Pathogenome and Plasmid-Borne Antimicrobial Resistance Phenotypes in a Multidrug-Resistant O111:H8 Shiga Toxin-ProducingbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Research on Prophages in Aquaculture from the Perspective of Paradigm Borrowing: Advances in Pathogen Virulence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Environmental Regulation.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Structural and enzymatic insights into QatD, a dual-function TatD-like nuclease in the QatABCD anti-phage defense system.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- Genomic dynamics of antimicrobial resistance transmission between bacteria from intensive care unit surfaces and from critically ill patients.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Article
- Optimizing Bacteriophage Screening and Isolation Methods for Microbial Samples Derived from Different Body Sites of Cattle.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Comparative Genomic Analysis of Pseudomonas shahriarae Reveals Virulence Potential, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Environmental Adaptation.Current microbiology · 2026Article
- Horizontal Gene Transfer inBiology · 2026Review
- Prophage genomics of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from animal-derived food sources.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Virulence, antimicrobial resistance, and mobile genetic elements profile ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Genomic analysis of prophages from Burkholderia gladioli exposes extensive genetic diversity.BMC genomics · 2026Article
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- Comprehensive characterization and genome-resolved insights into the probiotic potential of Bacillus sp. KNSH39 isolated from Litopenaeus vannamei intestine.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Bacteriophages, or simply phages, are viruses infecting bacteria. With an estimated 10 ( 31) particles in the biosphere, phages outnumber bacteria by a factor of at least 10 and not surprisingly, they influence the evolution of most bacterial species, sometimes in unexpected ways. "Temperate" phages have the ability to integrate into the chromosome of their host upon infection, where they can reside as "quiescent" prophages until conditions favor their reactivation. Lysogenic conversion resulting from the integration of prophages encoding powerful toxins is probably the most determinant contribution of prophages to the evolution of pathogenic bacteria. We currently grasp only a small fraction of the total phage diversity. Phage biologists keep unraveling novel mechanisms developed by phages to parasitize their host. The purpose of this review is to give an overview of some of the various ways by which prophages change the lifestyle and boost virulence of some of the most dangerous bacterial pathogens.
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