ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2016
Evolutionary Ecology of Prokaryotic Immune Mechanisms.
Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers.
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158 citing papers in PubMed.
- Bacteriophage-bacteria coevolution: from molecular arms races to ecological and applied perspectives.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- The value of a prophage-borne defense system in phage-phage competition.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
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- Nested mobile genetic elements mediating antimicrobial resistance genes mobility within and betweeniScience · 2026Article
- Chemical suppression of a bacterial immune system revives repressed phages.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Periplasmic gatekeeping of phage DNA entry by an rSAM enzyme matured effector with HxS repeats.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Bacterial defense mechanisms against bacteriophages: an evolutionary arms race.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Chemical inhibition of a bacterial immune system.Cell host & microbe · 2026Article
- Diverse Bacterial Anti-Phage Strategies: From the Laboratory to the Clinic.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Review
- Bacteriophages mobilize bacterial defense systems via lateral transduction.Science advances · 2026Article
- Enhanced Transformation Efficiency in Fusobacterium nucleatum by Bypassing Restriction-Modification Systems: A Methylation-Guided Protocol.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Defence systems drive accessory genome interactions inISME communications · 2026Article
- Ecology of the gut microbiota and colonization resistance: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Review
- Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense.Biology direct · 2025Article
- Isolation and characterization of two novel phages with lytic activity against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains: potential for phage therapy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Ecological ubiquity and phylogeny drive nestedness in phages-bacteria networks and shape the bacterial defensome.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Effects of bacteriophages on gut microbiome functionality.Gut microbes · 2025Review
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- Single-colony resolution of CRISPR-Cas adaptation in E. coli reveals altered spacer-source bias during solid-phase growth.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Bacteria have a range of distinct immune strategies that provide protection against bacteriophage (phage) infections. While much has been learned about the mechanism of action of these defense strategies, it is less clear why such diversity in defense strategies has evolved. In this review, we discuss the short- and long-term costs and benefits of the different resistance strategies and, hence, the ecological conditions that are likely to favor the different strategies alone and in combination. Finally, we discuss some of the broader consequences, beyond resistance to phage and other genetic elements, resulting from the operation of different immune strategies.
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