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Jakob T Rostøl @jakob-tr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

If you missed it before, check out Xu’s great work here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It answers an important question in the anti-phage field, namely how defence genes not encoded by MGEs are mobilised between bacteria 🧫

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Bacteriophages mobilize bacterial defense systems via lateral transduction

Bacteriophages and PICIs spread bacterial defenses via lateral transduction, shaping microbial immunity and pathogen evolution.

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Jakob T Rostøl @jakob-tr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Congratulations to @antiphagexu.bsky.social for passing his viva and being a newly minted doctor 🍾🧬🥼And big thanks to Franklin Nobrega and Nick Croucher for their (allegedly) thorough examination 🤝 @jrpenades.bsky.social

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Jakob T Rostøl @jakob-tr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Came across phage Sushi supporting Norway at the pub yesterday. Likely place for her to be

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Jakob T Rostøl @jakob-tr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Like a prophage being awakened from its slumber, the phage field has seen a lot of renewed activity during the last decade. Check out our new @natrevmicro.nature.com review on the temperate phage life cycle here to stay up-to-date 🧫🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Revisiting the life cycle of temperate phages - Nature Reviews Microbiology

The life cycle of temperate bacteriophages involves lytic or lysogenic cycles and has historically served as a model for studying genetic regulation. This Review provides an updated overview of these ...

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