Cross-family and phage-specific gene requirements for Klebsiella infection revealed by scalable RB-TnSeq genetic screens
Marissa R. Gittrich, Courtney M. Sanderson, Cara M. Noel, Erica Babusci, Sumeyra C. Selbes, Madeline Svab, Isabella Murray, Collis Bousliman, Ami Fofana, Aghiad Daboul, Jonathan Leopold, Alessandra Gonçalves de Melo, Marion Urvoy, Sylvain Moineau, Vivek K. Mutalik, Matthew B. Sullivan
This study identifies 42 bacterial genes involved in Klebsiella phage infection using RB-TnSeq, revealing cross-family resistance and genus-specific gene dependencies.
PLoS Genetics · Jul 20, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology