Temperate Bacillus phages use arbitrium peptides to coordinate lysis–lysogeny decisions, but whether the mature communication peptide can be sensed directly by Bacillus subtilis and affect its physiol...

The human oral cavity contains a diverse microbial community, but the bacteriophages (phages) that infect many oral bacteria remain poorly characterized. This gap limits our understanding of how phage...

Abstract. Phage therapy offers a promising alternative to antibiotics for treating multidrug-resistant infections. Plasmid-dependent phages (PDPs) are part

Free automated phage genome annotation -- pharokka, phold and phynteny in one pipeline.

A central puzzle in the evolution of individuality is the origin of heredity. Egalitarian transitions integrate formerly independent replicators into a higher-level individual, but this requires the c...

Dr. Siân Owen, a Principal Investigator and Research Scientist at the Wadsworth Center, has been awarded a highly competitive five-year, $1.97 million Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) f...

Abstract. Cobamides, including vitamin B12, are essential cofactors exchanged between organisms across diverse ecosystems including oceans, soils, and the

Most naturally occurring bacteria are lysogens, encoding one or more temperate phages (prophages) integrated into their genome. As prophages are induced by the bacterial SOS response, DNA-damaging ant...