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Cryptic Prophages Contribution for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Introgression

Luís Tanoeiro1, Mónica Oleastro2, Alexandra Nunes3

  • 1Pathogen Genome Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed-ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.

Microorganisms
|March 26, 2022
PubMed
Summary

New prophages, CCIE1 and CCIE2, were identified in Campylobacter coli, homologous to C. jejuni integrated elements. These phages may drive interspecies introgression, impacting Campylobacter evolution and host ecology between animals and humans.

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Campylobacterbacteriophagehost rangeintrogression

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