In silico characterization of defense system hotspots in Acinetobacter spp.

Abstract The bacteria-phage arm race drives the evolution of diverse bacterial defenses. This study identifies and characterizes the defense hotspots in Acinetobacter baumannii using a reference-free approach. Among 4383 high-quality genomes, we found a total of 17,430 phage defense systems and with...

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Main Authors: Wenjing Yi, Ning Zhu, Zhihan Peng, Xiao Chu, Haotian Sun, Lei Song, Zhimin Guo, Arnab Pain, Zhaoqing Luo, Qingtian Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07459-4
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