Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40143247›Full record

ReviewViruses2025

The Role of Quorum Sensing in Phage Lifecycle Decision: A Switch Between Lytic and Lysogenic Pathways.

Junjie Shang, Kehan Wang, Qian Zhou, Yunlin Wei

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Phages and quorum sensing: findings to consider in phage therapy.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  5. A Novel LyticFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Junjie ShangFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Kehan WangFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0009-0003-2467-3269
Qian ZhouFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Yunlin WeiFaculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31360129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phages, the most abundant and diverse lifeforms on Earth, require strict parasitism for survival. During infection, temperate phages integrate both intracellular and extracellular host information to decide between lysis and lysogeny for replication. While various environmental and physiological factors influence the lysis-lysogeny decision, recent insights into phage-bacterium interactions reveal phages' ability to communicate with and influence bacteria, leveraging the host's quorum sensing system or small molecular signals. This article provides a succinct overview of current research advancements in this field, enhancing our understanding of phage-host dynamics and providing insights into bacteria's multicellular behavior in antiviral defense.

Indexed as

BacteriaBacteriolysisBacteriophagesLysogenyQuorum Sensingbacteriumcommunicationphagequorum sensing

Identifiers

PMID40143247
PMCPMC11945551

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