Molecular and evolutionary basis of O-antigenic polysaccharide driven phage sensitivity in environmental pseudomonads
J. Vacheron, C. M. Heiman, J. R. Garneau, P. Kupferschmied, R. deJonge, D. Garrido-Sanz, C. Keel
This study identifies the O-antigenic polysaccharide as a receptor for phage {Phi}GP100 in Pseudomonas protegens CHA0, revealing its role in phage sensitivity and genomic plasticity of the OBC3 gene cluster.
bioRxiv · May 15, 2023Microbiology