A mutant bacteriophage evolved to infect resistant bacteria gained a broader host range
M. Habusha, E. Tzipilevich, S. Ben Yehuda
The paper shows a phage evolved to infect resistant bacteria gained the ability to infect non-host Bacillus species by adapting to bind a conserved TA backbone instead of a species-specific glycosylation pattern.
Molecular Microbiology · Apr 10, 2019Peer-reviewedMicrobiology