Combined Lytic Score as a new metric to quantify phage-host specificity, tested in a screening study on a collection of Salmonella strains.
Michał Różański, Natalia Adamiak, Karolina Pospiech, Katarzyna Grochala, Jolanta Witaszewska, Justyna Matczak, Ewelina Agnieszka Wójcik, Jarosław Dastych
The paper introduces the Combined Lytic Score (CLS) to quantify phage-host specificity and tests it on Salmonella strains, finding over 65% of strains show high susceptibility.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology