Phage-Inducible Chromosomal Jumbo Islands (PICJIs) spreading antimicrobial resistance, host-adaptation factors and defense systems, a novel satellite family of nucleus-forming Chimalliviridae
Aurore Rossignol, Karine Praud, Mélodie Roxane Alexandre…·Benoît Doublet
The paper identifies PICJIs as large mobile genetic elements in E. coli and Salmonella that spread antimicrobial resistance and defense systems via a specific bacteriophage.