Microbial Genomics: The Expanding Universe of Bacterial Defense Systems

Kevin J. Forsberg; Harmit S. Malik

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.053

Microbial Genomics: The Expanding Universe of Bacterial Defense Systems

Kevin J. Forsberg, Harmit S. Malik

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Abstract

Bacteria protect themselves against infection using multiple defensive systems that move by horizontal gene transfer and accumulate in genomic ‘defense islands’. A recent study exploited these features to uncover ten novel defense systems, substantially expanding the catalog of bacterial defense systems and predicting the discovery of many more. Bacteria protect themselves against infection using multiple defensive systems that move by horizontal gene transfer and accumulate in genomic ‘defense islands’. A recent study exploited these features to uncover ten novel defense systems, substantially expanding the catalog of bacterial defense systems and predicting the discovery of many more.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R361-R364
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	28
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.053
State	Published - Apr 23 2018
Externally published	Yes

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