A biofilm-tropic Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage uses the exopolysaccharide Psl as receptor
Brenna Walton, Serena Abbondante, Michaela Ellen Marshall, Justyna M. Dobruchowska, Amani Alvi, Larry A. Gallagher, Nikhil Vallikat, Zhemin Zhang, Daniel J. Wozniak, Edward W. Yu, Geert‐Jan Boons, Eric M. Pearlman, Arne Rietsch
The paper identifies a Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage, Clew-1, that uses Psl as a receptor to disrupt biofilms and reduce bacterial burden in a mouse model.
eLife · Aug 11, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology