Parasitic connections: a patescibacterial epibiont, its methylotrophic gammaproteobacterial host and their phages
Feriel Bouderka, Purificación López-García, Philippe Deschamps, Yifan Zhou, Mart Krupovic, Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Maria Ciobanu, Paola Bertolino, Gwendoline David, David Moreira, Ludwig Jardillier
The paper describes a tripartite interaction between a patescibacterial epibiont, its gammaproteobacterial host, and their phages, revealing host specificity and genetic adaptations.
bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2024Microbiology