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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Phage-host co-evolution has led to distinct generalized transduction strategies.

Sanne Wolput, Cédric Lood, Alfred Fillol-Salom, Yorben Casters, Alaa Albasiony, William Cenens, Kristof Vanoirbeek, Alison Kerremans, Rob Lavigne, José R Penadés and 1 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. 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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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Characterization of a novel phage-plasmid vB_EcoM_ED targeting multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  7. Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025
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11 authors.

Sanne WolputDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3586-1439
Cédric LoodDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7826-3378
Alfred Fillol-SalomCentre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Imperial College London, London, Greater London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Yorben CastersDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.
Alaa AlbasionyDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.
William CenensDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.
Kristof VanoirbeekDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.
Alison KerremansDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.
Rob LavigneDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7377-1314
José R PenadésCentre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Imperial College London, London, Greater London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6439-5262
Abram AertsenDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1897-2305

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/X026671/1European Research Council 101118890Imperial College Research FellowshipKU Leuven Research Fund GOA/15/006Medical Research Council MR/X020223/1Research Foundation of Flanders 12D8623NRoyal Society Research RG\R2\232329UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee Program EP/Y029585/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Generalized transduction is pivotal in bacterial evolution but lacks comprehensive understanding regarding the facilitating features and variations among phages. We addressed this gap by sequencing and comparing the transducing particle content of three different Salmonella Typhimurium phages (i.e. Det7, ES18 and P22) that share a headful packaging mechanism that is typically initiated from a cognate pac site within the phage chromosome. This revealed substantial disparities in both the extent and content of transducing particles among these phages. While Det7 outperformed ES18 in terms of relative number of transducing particles, both phages contrasted with P22 in terms of content. In fact, we found evidence for the presence of conserved P22 pac-like sequences in the host chromosome that direct tremendously increased packaging and transduction frequencies of downstream regions by P22. More specifically, a ca. 561 kb host region between oppositely oriented pac-like sequences in the purF and minE loci was identified as highly packaged and transduced during both P22 prophage induction and lytic infection. Our findings underscore the evolution of phage transducing capacity towards attenuation, promiscuity or directionality, and suggest that pac-like sequences in the host chromosome could become selected as sites directing high frequency of transduction.

Indexed as

Salmonella typhimuriumTransduction, GeneticBacteriophage P22BacteriophagesEvolution, MolecularGenome, ViralSalmonella Phages

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PMID38884209
PMCPMC11260489

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