{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Ma R"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China","Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau","China Postdoctoral Science Foundation","Innovation Team Project of Universities in Guangdong Province","Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research"],"pagination":["e0022825"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12482185"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<i>Vibrio harveyi</i>, a pathogenic bacterium, contains prophages that significantly influence its pathogenesis and evolutionary traits. Investigating the prevalence, evolution, and ecological roles of these prophages is of great importance as <i>V. harveyi</i> is responsible for luminous bacteriosis in aquatic organisms. In this study, 13 tailed prophages were identified from 55 globally sourced <i>V. harveyi</i> genomes, with prophage-bacterium junctions precisely annotated. These prophages exhibited distinct parasitic mechanisms, including Mu-type transposition, site-specific recombination, and a plasmid-like non-integrated state, reflecting their adaptive plasticity. Proteome-based phylogenetic analysis classified these prophages into eight subfamilies and nine genera, with half repres"],"journal":["mSphere"],"pubmed_title":["Prevalence, diversity, and parasitism of tailed prophages in &lt;i&gt;Vibrio harveyi&lt;/i&gt;."],"pmcid":["PMC12482185"],"funding_grant_id":["2023KCXTD028","32400014","FDCT-0055/2023/RIB2","2023B0303000017","2023M742393"],"pubmed_authors":["Ma R","Zhong H","Zhang R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Prevalence, diversity, and parasitism of tailed prophages in &lt;i&gt;Vibrio harveyi&lt;/i&gt;.","description":"<i>Vibrio harveyi</i>, a pathogenic bacterium, contains prophages that significantly influence its pathogenesis and evolutionary traits. Investigating the prevalence, evolution, and ecological roles of these prophages is of great importance as <i>V. harveyi</i> is responsible for luminous bacteriosis in aquatic organisms. In this study, 13 tailed prophages were identified from 55 globally sourced <i>V. harveyi</i> genomes, with prophage-bacterium junctions precisely annotated. These prophages exhibited distinct parasitic mechanisms, including Mu-type transposition, site-specific recombination, and a plasmid-like non-integrated state, reflecting their adaptive plasticity. Proteome-based phylogenetic analysis classified these prophages into eight subfamilies and nine genera, with half repres","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-06-03T23:37:14.696Z","creation":"2026-05-03T03:12:25.933Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12482185","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40853001"],"doi":["10.1128/msphere.00228-25"]}}