Chimeric infective particles expand species boundaries in phage inducible chromosomal island mobilization
Lingchen He, Jonasz B. Patkowski, Jinlong Wang, Laura Miguel-Romero, Christopher H. S. Aylett, Alfred Fillol-Salom, Tiago R. D. Costa, José R. Penadés
The paper identifies chimeric infective particles formed by cf-PICIs that enable horizontal transfer between bacterial species.
Cell · Sep 9, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology