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ArticleArchives of microbiology2026

Genome-wide comparative and taxonomic characterization of prophages in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

Afia Anjum, Zuhayr Mahtab, Sattajith Roy, Jarin Tabassum, Ishrat Jabeen, Sohidul Islam, Sabbir R Shuvo

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  1. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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7 authors.

Afia AnjumDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3260-3556
Zuhayr MahtabDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-5231-7347
Sattajith RoyDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-5743-3899
Jarin TabassumDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2254-0680
Ishrat JabeenDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6081-0337
Sohidul IslamDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4003-2544
Sabbir R ShuvoDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. sabbir.shuvo@northsouth.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5539-5834

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen whose genome evolution is shaped in part by mobile genetic elements, including prophages. Here, we analyzed 320 S. maltophilia genomes and identified 880 intact prophages, ranging from 4,557 to 68,546 bp with GC contents of 49.98–67.22%. Prophage prevalence varied across multilocus sequence types (MLST), with ST14 exhibiting the highest prophage intensity (mean intact prophages per genome), indicating lineage-specific differences in prophage acquisition and retention. Taxonomic classification revealed Caudoviricetes as the dominant class (739/880, 84.0%), followed by Faserviricetes (141/880, 16.0%). Functional annotation identified prophage structural genes and virulence-associated homologs, including clpC (n = 15), clpP (n = 37), phoP (n = 15), pilZ (n = 2), and fpvA (n = 1), with only one intact prophage carrying tet(C). These findings highlight extensive prophage diversity, dominated by Caudoviricetes, and reveal lineage-specific variation in prophage carriage, providing genome-scale insights into their composition and potential role in S. maltophilia genome evolution.

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Genome, BacterialProphagesStenotrophomonas maltophiliaBase CompositionGenome, ViralMultilocus Sequence TypingPhylogenyCaudoviricetesMLSTProphageStenotrophomonas maltophiliaVirulence factors

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PMID41910776

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