The lysogenization of the non-O157 Escherichia coli strains by stx-converting bacteriophage phi24B is associated with the O antigen loss and reduced fitness
A. K. Golomidova, A. D. Efimov, E. E. Kulikov, A. S. Kuznetsov, A. V. Letarov
This study shows that lysogenization of non-O157 E. coli by phi24B bacteriophage leads to O antigen loss and reduced fitness in the resulting strains.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2019Microbiology