A widespread family of phage-inducible chromosomal islands only steals bacteriophage tails to spread in nature
N. Alqurainy, L. Miguel-Romero, J. Moura de Sousa, J. Chen, E. P. C. Rocha, A. Fillol-Salom, J. R. Penades
The paper identifies a new family of phage-inducible chromosomal islands that produce small capsids using phage tails and spread without harming their helper phages.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2022Microbiology