Long-term persistence of crAss-like phage crAss001 is associated with phase variation in Bacteroides intestinalis
A. N. Shkoporov, E. V. Khokhlova, N. Stephens, C. Hueston, S. Seymour, A. J. Hryckowian, D. Scholz, R. P. Ross, C. Hill
The paper shows that phase variation in Bacteroides intestinalis capsular polysaccharides enables long-term phage persistence through dynamic resistance and delayed lysis mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2020Microbiology