Phages communicate across species to shape microbial ecosystems
Francisca Gallego del Sol, Daniel Sin, Cora Chmielowska, Javier Mancheño-Bonillo, Yuyi Li, Sara Zamora‐Caballero, Nuria Quiles‐Puchalt, José R. Penadés, Alberto Marina
This study shows that bacteriophages use cross-species communication via AimP peptides and AimR receptors to influence lysogeny and prophage induction in mixed microbial cultures.
Cell · Mar 31, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology