ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2022
To catch a hijacker: abundance, evolution and genetic diversity of P4-like bacteriophage satellites.
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2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Bacteriophages (phages) are bacterial parasites that can themselves be parasitized by phage satellites. The molecular mechanisms used by satellites to hijack phages are sometimes understood in great detail, but the origins, abundance, distribution and composition of these elements are poorly known. Here, we show that P4-like elements are present in more than 30% of the genomes of Enterobacterales, and in almost half of those of
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