Phage satellites ride on coat-“tails”. #Phage satellite family encodes all proteins to produce capsids-where satellite genomes are exclusively packaged-& only parasitizes phage tails to produce particles @Alqurainyn Miguel-Romero @AlfredFillol@jrpenades https://t.co/YulXMwvXPd
Happy to see the final version of this paper out in @Nature. Led by the incredible @tongzhang1109 and fantastic collaborators @gem__atkinson@hauryliuk and Abel Garcia-Pino. Started after serving as outside examiner for a student of Gem and Vasili's. 1/6
https://t.co/bRsFaFdHzp
Latest from the lab! We present a novel repression-induction system involved in the transfer of SaPI-encoded virulence factors in nature.
All the merit for Laura and Mohammed. Great fun with @olwynbyron, @JchenLab, Gail.. and specially, @AlbertoMarina14
https://t.co/PRgKadEX01
Happy Friday. My first first author paper is out as a preprint with @AlfredFillol@jrpenades @epcrocha et all. We report the discovery of a new family of PICIs, that encode all the proteins required for the PICI capsid & packaging but only steal phage tails to spread in nature.
Latest from the lab. @AlfredFillol and @jakob_tr deserve all the merit.
Here we show that PICIs carry an impressive arsenal of defense systems that block HGT. We also demonstrate that phages benefit from mobilizing these PICIs to target competing MGEs.
https://t.co/NaS7hxCIrQ
Happy Friday 🥳 our paper is out in @CurrentBiology! Thrilled to show here how the arbitrium system in the SPBeta group of #phages plays a key role in the induction of resident prophages in B. subtilis
@quiles_nuria@jrpenades
https://t.co/HzZFc8435k 1/
The Nigerian kids famous for remaking multimillion-dollar music videos and movie trailers with household items may be heading to Hollywood. https://t.co/XYXKimlIza