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Julie Stenberg Pedersen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and colleagues published a paper on the isolation and characterization of a novel phage Jarilo, which is active against the plant pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum that causes soft rot disease. Numerous methodologies like bioinformatics and host range analysis confirmed the presence of endonucleases, multiple conserved genes, and Jarilo's ability to infect across its host species.