Parasitic connections: a patescibacterial epibiont, its methylotrophic gammaproteobacterial host and their phages
Feriel Bouderka, Purificación López‐García, Philippe Deschamps, Yifan Zhou, Mart Krupovìč, Ana Gutiérrez‐Preciado, Maria Ciobanu, Paola Bertolino, Gwendoline M. David, David Moreira, Ludwig E. Jardillier
The paper describes a tripartite interaction between a patescibacterial epibiont, its gammaproteobacterial host, and their phages, revealing host specificity and genetic adaptations.
mBio · Mar 10, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology