ArticleThe ISME journal2017
Lysogeny in nature: mechanisms, impact and ecology of temperate phages.
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- Temperate phages limit their own propagation under spatial constraint in biofilms on chitin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Exploring the ecological drivers of bacteriophage diversity and functional viral potential in the skin of the axolotl Ambystoma altamirani.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
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- Carbohydrate-active enzymes of soil prophages enhance global carbon cycling potential.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Toxic Relationships: Characterization of a Putative Virally Encoded Toxin in the Thermophilic Archaeal Fusellovirus SSV1.Viruses · 2026Article
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Abstract
Viruses that infect bacteria (phages) can influence bacterial community dynamics, bacterial genome evolution and ecosystem biogeochemistry. These influences differ depending on whether phages establish lytic, chronic or lysogenic infections. Although the first two produce virion progeny, with lytic infections resulting in cell destruction, phages undergoing lysogenic infections replicate with cells without producing virions. The impacts of lysogeny are numerous and well-studied at the cellular level, but ecosystem-level consequences remain underexplored compared to those of lytic infections. Here, we review lysogeny from molecular mechanisms to ecological patterns to emerging approaches of investigation. Our goal is to highlight both its diversity and importance in complex communities. Altogether, using a combined viral ecology toolkit that is applied across broad model systems and environments will help us understand more of the diverse lifestyles and ecological impacts of lysogens in nature.
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