The Promise and Pitfalls of Prophages
Jody C. McKerral, Bhavya Nalagampalli Papudeshi, Laura K. Inglis, Michael J. Roach, Przemysław Decewicz, Katelyn A. McNair, Antoni Luque, Elizabeth Ann Dinsdale, Robert Alan Edwards
The paper quantifies the benefits and costs of prophages in bacterial genomes, showing uniform prophage density and estimating their energetic contribution.
bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2023 · PreprintBioinformatics