… While phage-encoded virulence factors provide key … internal environment of the human
host, phage-encoded toxigenicity … Many exotoxin genes are carried by phages and are readily …

… marine environment. Furthermore, experiments show that bacteria can obtain AMR when
transduced with phage genetic … of ARGs within the marine environment, focusing on Vibrio spp. …

… An earlier study found that genetic relatedness did not lead to … faecalis residing in the
intestine secretes an exotoxin that … Phage-encoded ANKp suppresses inflammatory cytokine …

… This chapter focuses on the role of phage-encoded elements in … Transduction in the marine
environment occurs at high rates … This exotoxin gene has striking homology to that of Vibrio …

… Moreover, the phage-encoded ankyrin-domain-containing protein … Prophage exotoxins
enhance colonization fitness in … bacterial pathogens of aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Viruses …

… discovery that viruses are not only extraordi narily abundant within aquatic environments, …
genes, is a hallmark of virulence among patho genic bacteria. Phage‐encoded exotoxins are …

… The phage-encoded Cox protein binds to the P LL region of … At this stage, phage-encoded
capsid proteins are hijacked by … the accessory PICI genes, their core genes are streamlined …

… receptor, injection of phage genetic material, assembly of … common than expected even
outside of aquatic habitats (85). … , and prophage-derived exotoxins can function as broad …

… exist within that local environment versus other individuals making up the same gene pool
but which … Indeed, though lytic- rather than lysogenic-cycle associated, phage-encoded EPS …

… cells but affect it through the exotoxins they produce (Clostridium botulinum, … genes, toxicity
genes, or lysogenicity modules responsible for integrating phage DNA into bacterial genetic …