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TAs 🛑 phages ('96), phages ➡️ persisters, E. c. CRISPR 🛑 cryptic prophages, indole=interkingdom signal, AI2 incr biofilm & TqsA exports (Prof. Thomas K. Wood)

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doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Another example of phage defense by TAs via transcription shutoff confirming the 1996 Hok/sok paradigm. This time, probable type IV ShoT/ShoA inhibits phage by altering purine metabolism via ShoT phosphoribosyltransferase activity.