Filamentous phages of Ralstonia solanacearum: double-edged swords for pathogenic bacteria.
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SUBMITTER: Yamada T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3816273 | biostudies-literature | 2013
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Filamentous phages of Ralstonia solanacearum: double-edged swords for pathogenic bacteria.
Frontiers in microbiology 20131104
Some phages from genus Inovirus use host or bacteriophage-encoded site-specific integrases or recombinases establish a prophage state. During integration or excision, a superinfective form can be produced. The three states (free, prophage, and superinfective) of such phages exert different effects on host bacterial phenotypes. In Ralstonia solanacearum, the causative agent of bacterial wilt disease of crops, the bacterial virulence can be positively or negatively affected by filamentous phages, ...[more]
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