Francis J. Santoriello

The paper shows how prophages use quorum-sensing systems to compete with each other and the host, making lysis decisions based on autoinducer ratios.

The paper identifies a family of temperate phages that detect a quorum-sensing autoinducer, DPO, across multiple bacterial species, expanding understanding of phage-bacterial communication.

This study shows that the LuxO-OpaR quorum-sensing cascade influences the lysis-lysogeny decision of phage VP882 based on host cell density and environment.

The paper identifies V. anguillarum as a source of T6SS effectors acquired by pandemic V. cholerae through horizontal gene transfer.