Recent advances in metagenomics research have generated a bounty of information that
provides insight into the dynamic genetic exchange occurring between bacteriophage …

Viruses are major drivers of global biogeochemistry and the etiological agents of many
diseases. They are also the winners in the game of life: there are more viruses on the planet …

Low-GC Actinobacteria are among the most abundant and widespread microbes in
freshwaters and have largely resisted all cultivation efforts. Consequently, their phages have …

Bacteriophages are one of the most abundant entities on the planet and are present in high
concentrations within humans and animals, mostly in the gut. Phages that infect intestinal …

Viruses are regarded as peripheral oddities in most ecological and evolutionary theory, as
well as in the supporting field and laboratory work. This is a major mistake. After all, there …

Phage‐encoded S higa toxin (S tx) acts as a bacterial defence against the eukaryotic
predator T etrahymena. To function as an effective bacterial anti‐predator defence, S tx must …

Pathogens attack host cells by deploying toxins that perturb core host processes. Recent
findings from the nematode C. elegans and other metazoans indicate that surveillance or" …

Topsoil from arid regions is the main source of dust clouds that move through the earth's
atmosphere, and microbial communities within these soils can survive long-range …

Three human clinical isolates of bacteria (designated strains Em1, Em2 and Em3) had high
average nucleotide identity (ANI) to Elizabethkingia meningoseptica. Their genome sizes …

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are a diverse group of strains that are
implicated in over 270,000 cases of human illness annually in the United States alone …