Novel bacteriophages targeting wheat phyllosphere bacteria carry DNA modifications and single-strand breaks
Peter Erdmann Dougherty, Maja Schmidt Pedersen, Laura Milena Forero Junco, Alexander Byth Carstens, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Leise Riber, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen
The paper isolates and characterizes novel bacteriophages targeting wheat phyllosphere bacteria, identifies DNA modifications and single-strand breaks, and finds widespread distribution of similar phages in public metagenomes.
Virus Research · Jan 8, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology