Strengthening phage resistance of Streptococcus thermophilus by leveraging complementary defense systems

Abstract CRISPR-Cas and restriction-modification systems represent the core defense arsenal in Streptococcus thermophilus, but their effectiveness is compromised by phages encoding anti-CRISPR proteins (ACRs) and other counter-defense strategies. Here, we explore the defensome of 263 S. thermophilus...

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Main Authors: Audrey Leprince, Justine Lefrançois, Anne M. Millen, Damian Magill, Philippe Horvath, Dennis A. Romero, Geneviève M. Rousseau, Sylvain Moineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62408-3
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