MicrobiologybioRxiv
Prophages and plasmids display opposite trends in the types of accessory genes they carry
N. Takeuchi, S. Hamada-Zhu, H. Suzuki
The paper compares prophages and plasmids in 21 pathogenic bacterial species, finding they carry different frequencies of antibiotic resistance and virulence factor genes.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2023.1088