ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2025
Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites.
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- Revisiting the life cycle of temperate phages.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Phage tail protein methylation enabling the virus to bind to the surface of bacterial cells is vital for progeny infectivity.Cell insight · 2026Article
- Repurposing anti-phage defenses to differentially arrest the viral lifecycle reveals the regulatory logic of a parasitic satellite.mSystems · 2026Article
- Comparative Genomics of theViruses · 2026Article
- Shuttling, swapping, and mixing: the rapid modular evolution of antiviral repertoires in temperate phages and their satellites.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- Phage host range: determinants, dynamics and applications.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- A novel phage satellite class induces prophage excision in Mycolicibacterium aichiense.Virology · 2026Article
- Horizontal Gene Transfer and Genome Rearrangements Shape Bacterial Adaptation for Bioremediation.Environmental microbiology · 2026Review
- Eco-evolutionary dynamics of defense systems in mobile genetic elements: Cui bono?Research square · 2026Article
- Mobile Genetic Elements as Key Drivers of Bacterial Evolution and Adaptation in Agroecosystems.Microbial ecology · 2026Review
- Decoding phage communication: molecular networks, evolutionary dynamics, and therapeutic applications.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Review
- Rise of the viral giants: common themes underlying genome gigantism in eukaryotic viruses and bacteriophages.Current opinion in microbiology · 2026Review
- Eco-evolutionary dynamics of defense systems in mobile genetic elements: Cui bono?bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The human skin virome: Ecological dynamics, aberrant profiles, and therapeutic opportunities.Cell host & microbe · 2026Review
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- Predicted and inducible prophages display contrasting virulence gene profiles within the prophage-SaPI mobilome ofmSphere · 2026Article
- Repurposing anti-phage defenses to differentially arrest the viral lifecycle reveals the regulatory logic of a parasitic satellite.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Complex temporal dynamics of phage-bacteria populations in an animal-associated marine system.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Immune-deficient bacteria serve as gateways to genetic exchange and microbial evolution.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Evolutionary mechanisms underlying bacterial adaptation to the plant environment.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
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Abstract
Phage satellites are defined as viruses that have a life cycle dependent on a helper virus. Thus, they are often considered as parasites of parasites, although recent work suggests it may be more accurate to consider them as symbionts that evolved along a parasitism-mutualism continuum. Over the past years, multiple studies have examined the fascinating life cycle of these elements, focusing on the characterization of the molecular mechanisms they use to hijack the helper phage machinery for their own packaging and transfer. As some phage satellites encode toxins and other virulence and resistance genes, the impact of these elements on bacterial virulence has also been extensively analysed. Recent studies suggest that satellites have unprecedented roles in the ecology and evolution of bacteria and their mobile genetic elements. In this Review, we explore the genetics and the life cycle of these elements, with special emphasis on the new mechanisms involved in their spread in nature. We discuss the unexpected impact of these elements on the evolution of other mobile genetic elements and their host bacteria, and examine their potential origins.
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