@jonaszpatkowski.bsky.social and I pinpointed tail piracy as a new mechanism of horizontal gene transfer and explained the wide spread of cf-PICIs among different bacterial species and viromes.
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Tiago Costa
New work from the lab with @jrpenades.bsky.social! We discovered a biological entity that spreads among different bacterial species by hijacking tails from various phages. This finding has major translational applications due to its broad host range. More news soon!
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