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PhageTAILor leverages machine learning for phage tail-like elements detection and classification in plant-associated bacteria
Heejung Cho, Socheata Hour, Simon Roux…·Jonelle T. R. Basso
PhageTAILor uses LightGBM on 74 detector features to flag prophages and bacterial phage tail-like elements (tailocins, T6SS, eCIS), recovering 12 of 13 validated tailocins under leave-one-genus-out.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.24.746745