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Xena Dyball

University of East AngliaORCID 0009-0005-8070-698XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintAug 5, 2026

Defining the ESKAPE pathogen prophage repertoire with PHORAGER

Xena Dyball, Alise Jany Ponsero, James A D Docherty…·Evelien M. Adriaenssens

The paper introduces PHORAGER, a pipeline for identifying prophages in bacterial genomes, and reports the discovery of 23,132 putative prophages in ESKAPE pathogens.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.05.742953

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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MicrobiologyCell ReportsPeer-reviewedNov 1, 2025

Diverse Defence Systems and Prophages in Human-Associated Bifidobacterium Species Reveal "Arms Race" Dynamics

James A D Docherty, Ryan Cook, Raymond Kiu…·Evelien M. Adriaenssens

This study analyzes prophages and defense systems in Bifidobacterium genomes to reveal co-evolutionary 'arms race' dynamics between bacteria and phages.

6 citations

humanwhole-genome sequencing

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