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2025
Antiviral defense systems in the rumen microbiome
Antiviral defense systems in the rumen microbiome
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The continuous interaction between phages and their respective hosts has resulted in the evolution of multiple bacterial immune mechanisms. However, the diversity and prevalence of antiviral defense systems in complex communities are still unknown. We therefore investigated the diversity and abundance of viral defense systems in 3,038 high-quality bacterial and archaeal genomes from the rumen. In total, 14,241 defense systems and 31,948 antiviral-related genes were identified. Those genes represented 114 unique system types grouped into 49 families. We observed a high prevalence of defense systems in the genomes. However, the number of defense systems, defense system families, and system density varied widely from genome to genome. Additionally, the number of defense system per genome correlated positively with the number of defense system families and the genome size. Restriction modification, Abi, and cas system families were the most common, but many rare systems were present in only 1% of the genomes. Antiviral defense systems are prevalent and diverse in the rumen, but only a few are dominant, indicating that most systems are rarely present. However, the collection of systems throughout the rumen may represent a pool of mechanisms that can be shared by different members of the community and modulate the phage–host interaction.
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mSystems, (2025), e01521-24.
https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01521-24.
ISSN: 2379-5077
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@article{Sáenz2025,
doi = {10.1128/msystems.01521-24},
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/17185},
author = {Sáenz, Johan S. and Rios-Galicia, Bibiana and Seifert, Jana et al.},
title = {Antiviral defense systems in the rumen microbiome},
journal = {mSystems},
year = {2025},
}