Unlike lytic phages, temperate phages that enter lysogeny maintain a long-term association
with their bacterial host. In this context, mutually beneficial interactions can evolve that …

Molecular genetic research on bacteriophage lambda carried out during its golden age from
the mid-1950s to mid-1980s was critically important in the attainment of our current …

The world is on the cusp of a post-antibiotic era, but researchers and medical doctors have
found a way forward—by looking back at how infections were treated before the advent of …

Comparative genomics demonstrated that the chromosomes from bacteria and their viruses
(bacteriophages) are coevolving. This process is most evident for bacterial pathogens where …

Over the past decade, researchers have begun to characterize viral diversity using
metagenomic methods. These studies have shown that viruses, the majority of which infect …

Aphids engage in symbiotic associations with a diverse assemblage of heritable bacteria. In
addition to their obligate nutrient-provisioning symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, aphids may …

The bacterium Escherichia coli O157: H7 is a worldwide threat to public health and has
been implicated in many outbreaks of haemorrhagic colitis, some of which included fatalities …

Whole-genome sequencing has been skewed toward bacterial pathogens as a
consequence of the prioritization of medical and veterinary diseases. However, it is …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 is a major food-borne infectious pathogen that causes diarrhea,
hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Here we report the complete …

In response to the emergence of pathogenic bacteria that cannot be treated with current
antibiotics, many researchers are revisiting the use of bacteriophages, or phages, to fight …