[1/3] Is your favorite bacterial isolate hiding a surprise lytic virus with a VERY different lifestyle? Finally I can proudly say that our paper on persistent phages is out in Nature Microbiology. rdcu.be/eWJEp. Well done @peterdoug.bsky.social

Persistent virulent phages exist across bacterial isolates

Nature Microbiology - The long-term existence of diverse virulent phages within cultures of Escherichia coli and others challenges the virulent–temperate dichotomy and points to non-canonical...

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Over 15,000 doctors have signed a letter imploring the US Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation for Secretary of HHS. The letter states: “RFK Jr. is not only unqualified to lead this essential agency — he is actively dangerous.” 1/ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

15,000 doctors sign letter begging Senate to reject RFK Jr for health secretary

Kennedy, among other controversies, has spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine

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“For my next attention seeking trick, I will have you concentrate on Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal—instead of my absurdly unqualified cabinet picks or that I have no real plans to fix the border or bring down food prices. Look, America, a rabbit!”

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti..., Another unexpected result coming from Peter Dougherty's 2nd paper of his PhD. About phages targeting key wheat phyllosphere bacterial members. With surprising (interupted, modifyed and large) genetics... Out today, Check it out :)

Novel bacteriophages targeting wheat phyllosphere bacteria carry DNA modifications and single-strand breaks

The phyllosphere microbiome can positively or negatively impact plant health and growth, but we currently lack the tools to control microbiome composi…

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Check out our new Preprint phages with a peculiar lifestyle

Peter Dougherty@peterdoug.bsky.social · 2y ago

Are there virulent phages hiding in your bacterial culture? Here we find hundreds of virulent phage genomes in bacterial genome assemblies. Bioinformatic and experimental evidence indicate these are not contaminations, but represent persistent infections. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...