Start
Features
Free trial / FAQ

Researchers
Physicians
Pharmacists
Ecotrophologists
Product Managers
in Health Industries

Loading…

Medical Research Finder

Legal Notice
Privacy
Terms of Use

meRfi® Microbiome - The Digital Gut Microbiome Reference (incl. AI Chat)
Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

AuthorsReferences (Sources)

meRfi® AI Chat

Abortive infection systems (Abi)

Welcome to meRfi Microbiome!

Please register to continue your trial period!

meRfi Microbiome provides you with up-to-date, evidence-based insights on the gut microbiota and related health topics.

Access our ever-expanding digital library and get personalized answers through our interactive AI chat platform.

Start your free trial and transform your understanding of the gut microbiota today!

(Login)

Navigation

During an infection, bacteriophages hijack transcription and translation, which could prevent antitoxin replenishment and release toxins, triggering an "abortive infection"
Emond et al. 1988 Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64(12): 4748-56
Fineran et al. 2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(3): 894-9…

References (Sources)

AbiQ, an abortive infection mechanism from Lactococcus lactis
Emond et al. 1988 Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64(12): 4748-56
The phage abortive infection system, ToxIN, functions as a protein-RNA toxin-antitoxin pair
Fineran et al. 2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(3): 894-9

AI Chat

7/1/2026

Chat with our artificial intelligence:

Start chat!

Abortive infection systems (Abi)

Welcome to meRfi Microbiome!

Navigation

Contents

References (Sources)

AI Chat