Losses in crop yields due to disease need to be reduced in order to meet increasing global
food demands associated with growth in the human population. There is a well-recognized …

Abstract Bacteriophage (“bacteria eaters”) or phage is the collective term for viruses that
infect bacteria. While most phages are pathogens that kill their bacterial hosts, the …

This review synthesizes recent and past observations on filamentous phages and describes
how these phages contribute to host phentoypes. For example, the CTXφ phage of Vibrio …

Bacterial wilt diseases caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, R. pseudosolanacearum, and R.
syzygii subsp. indonesiensis (former R. solanacearum species complex) are among the …

For the past 25 years, phage display technology has been an invaluable tool for studies of
protein–protein interactions. However, the inherent biological, biochemical, and biophysical …

Phages and prophages are one of the principal modulators of microbial populations.
However, much of their diversity is still poorly understood. Here, we extracted 33,624 …

Pf1-like bacteriophages (family Inoviridae) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa can contribute to
bacterial short term evolution and virulence. Here we examine Pf1-like (pro) phage diversity …

While theory suggests conditions under which mutualism may evolve from parasitism, few
studies have observed this transition empirically. Previously, we evolved Escherichia coli …

Bacteriophages put intense selective pressure on microbes, which must evolve diverse
resistance mechanisms to survive continuous phage attacks. We used a library of …

Trees and woody plants can be attacked by many pests and pathogens either individually or
as polymicrobial infections. In particular, infections caused by tree‐specific bacterial …