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Only a handful of prophage genomes targeting the phytopathogen Erwinia are available. In a new paper published in Frontiers in Microbiology, Nikita Zrelovs (Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre) and colleagues delved into temperate Erwinia phage diversity, including characterizing a novel Erwinia persicina-infecting phage and identifying around 50 possible new prophages in Erwinia genomes.