A Novel Metric for Quantifying the Sustainability of Phage-Mediated Bacterial Suppression
Tomoyoshi Kaneko, Daiki Tanaka, Shoichiro Koide, Yuna Tabata, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Yasunori Tanji, Satoshi Tsuneda
This paper introduces the Sustainability Index (SusI) to quantify the duration of phage-mediated bacterial growth suppression and demonstrates its utility in evaluating phage efficacy.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology