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ReviewMicroorganisms2023

The Role of Temperate Phages in Bacterial Pathogenicity.

Vimathi S Gummalla, Yujie Zhang, Yen-Te Liao, Vivian C H Wu

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Review in Microorganisms, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Revisiting the life cycle of temperate phages.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  8. Links between bone fractures and the gut microbiota.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026
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  13. Phage Therapy in Gastrointestinal Diseases: Current Status and Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  14. A novel temperate phage fromMicrobiology spectrum · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Vimathi S GummallaProduce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA 94710, USA.
Yujie ZhangProduce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA 94710, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3911-8095
Yen-Te LiaoProduce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA 94710, USA.
Vivian C H WuProduce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA 94710, USA.

Funding

Agricultural Research Service 2030-42000-0055-000-D
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria and archaea and are classified as virulent or temperate phages based on their life cycles. A temperate phage, also known as a lysogenic phage, integrates its genomes into host bacterial chromosomes as a prophage. Previous studies have indicated that temperate phages are beneficial to their susceptible bacterial hosts by introducing additional genes to bacterial chromosomes, creating a mutually beneficial relationship. This article reviewed three primary ways temperate phages contribute to the bacterial pathogenicity of foodborne pathogens, including phage-mediated virulence gene transfer, antibiotic resistance gene mobilization, and biofilm formation. This study provides insights into mechanisms of phage-bacterium interactions in the context of foodborne pathogens and provokes new considerations for further research to avoid the potential of phage-mediated harmful gene transfer in agricultural environments.

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antibiotic resistance genesbiofilm formationfoodborne pathogenshorizontal gene transfertemperate phagesvirulence factors

Identifiers

PMID36985115
PMCPMC10052878

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