ReviewMicroorganisms2020
Social Bacteriophages.
Review in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Decoding phage communication: molecular networks, evolutionary dynamics, and therapeutic applications.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Review
- Overview of Phage Defense Systems in Bacteria and Their Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Bacteriophages and their potential for treatment of metabolic diseases.Journal of diabetes · 2024Review
- Insight into the natural regulatory mechanisms and clinical applications of the CRISPR-Cas system.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Temperature modulates dominance of a superinfecting Arctic virus in its unicellular algal host.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Open questions in the social lives of viruses.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2023Review
- Cellular and Natural Viral Engineering in Cognition-Based Evolution.Communicative & integrative biology · 2023Review
- Bacteriophage strategies for overcoming host antiviral immunity.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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- Phages in the Gut Ecosystem.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Despite their simplicity, viruses can display social-like interactions such as cooperation, communication, and cheating. Focusing on bacteriophages, here we review features including viral product sharing, cooperative evasion of antiviral defenses, prudent host exploitation, superinfection exclusion, and inter-phage peptide-mediated signaling. We argue that, in order to achieve a better understanding of these processes, their mechanisms of action need to be considered in the context of social evolution theory, paying special attention to key population-level factors such as genetic relatedness and spatial structure.
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