Biofilm compactness and spatial community composition determine bacterial phage-susceptibility
Mads Frederik Hansen, Johannes Hojlund Olsen, Agnete Nielsen Psilander, Amaru Miranda Djurhuus, Sigrid Lundgren Thomsen, Hannah Jeckel, Nanna Randlov Hartvig, Eva Jiménez‐Siebert, Carey D. Nadell, Knut Drescher, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Mette Burmølle
This study shows that multispecies biofilm structure and matrix composition influence phage susceptibility, with V. anguillarum protecting E. coli and K. cryocrescens from lytic phages.
bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology