{
  "id": 18185299,
  "title": "Phage-Inducible Chromosomal Jumbo Islands (PICJIs) spreading antimicrobial resistance, host-adaptation factors and defense systems, a novel satellite family of nucleus-forming Chimalliviridae",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/phage-inducible-chromosomal-jumbo-islands-picjis-spreading",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.03.763896v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Phage satellites are mobile genetic elements that depend on helper bacteriophages to promote their own dissemination. Here, we identified a novel family of large satellites, named Phage-Inducible Chromosomal Jumbo Islands (PICJIs), that are widespread in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica among diverse hosts, worldwide. These largest satellites to date (71.6 {+/-} 15.8 kbp) are specifically…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}