ReviewActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2020
Bacteriophages presence in nature and their role in the natural selection of bacterial populations.
Review in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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95 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Lung Microbiome Diversity, Infection Dynamics, and Microbe-Mediated Cross-Protection.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Review
- Structural investigation of QatB and QatC proteins in QatABCD anti-phage defense.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Comparative Methodological Evaluation of Three Bacteriophage Isolation Methods From Environmental Water Samples.Cureus · 2026Article
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- Metagenomic insights into viral and microbial genes of Russian High-Arctic soil microbiomes.Communications biology · 2026Article
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- Genomic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infecting Abidjanvirus Lucjan.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2026Article
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- Isolation, characterisation and potential applications of a novel bacteriophage targeting beta-lactam-resistant Staphylococcus saprophyticus.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Phages are the obligate parasite of bacteria and have complex interactions with their hosts. Phages can live in, modify, and shape bacterial communities by bringing about changes in their abundance, diversity, physiology, and virulence. In addition, phages mediate lateral gene transfer, modify host metabolism and reallocate bacterially-derived biochemical compounds through cell lysis, thus playing an important role in ecosystem. Phages coexist and coevolve with bacteria and have developed several antidefense mechanisms in response to bacterial defense strategies against them. Phages owe their existence to their bacterial hosts, therefore they bring about alterations in their host genomes by transferring resistance genes and genes encoding toxins in order to improve the fitness of the hosts. Application of phages in biotechnology, environment, agriculture and medicines demands a deep insight into the myriad of phage-bacteria interactions. However, to understand their complex interactions, we need to know how unique phages are to their bacterial hosts and how they exert a selective pressure on the microbial communities in nature. Consequently, the present review focuses on phage biology with respect to natural selection of bacterial populations.
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