Acinetobacter phages use distinct strategies to breach the capsule barrier
Alexis J. McCalla, Forrest C. Walker, Fabiana Bisaro, Miguel Rodriguez-Anavitate, Anna Johannesman, Gisela Di Venanzio, Mario F. Feldman, Michele LeRoux
This study characterizes three A. baumannii phages that use distinct strategies to breach the bacterial capsule, showing how combining phages with different capsule interactions can reduce phage escape mutants.
PLoS Pathogens · Sep 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology