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Alexis J. McCalla

Washington University in St. LouisORCID 0000-0001-5681-9152Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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MicrobiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedSep 29, 2025

Acinetobacter phages use distinct strategies to breach the capsule barrier

Alexis J. McCalla, Forrest C. Walker, Fabiana Bisaro…·Michele LeRoux

This study characterizes three A. baumannii phages that use distinct strategies to breach the bacterial capsule, showing how combining phages with different capsule interactions can reduce phage escape mutants.

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