Novel phage-plasmid mediated mechanism of antibiotic heteroresistance in Escherichia coli
Elin Svedholm, Enrique Joffré, Caroline Sentell, Helen Wang, Dan I. Andersson, Hervé Nicoloff
This study identifies a novel mechanism of antibiotic heteroresistance in E. coli mediated by phage-plasmid copy number increase and horizontal transfer.
bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology