Surface-mediated Bacteriophage Defense Incurs Fitness Tradeoffs for Interbacterial Antagonism
Chia-En Tsai, Feng-Qi Wang, Chih‐Wen Yang, Lingli Yang, T. V. P. Nguyen, Yung-Chih Chen, Po-Yin Chen, Ing‐Shouh Hwang, See‐Yeun Ting
The paper shows that phage resistance in Salmonella enterica leads to fitness loss when co-cultured with competitor bacteria due to LPS deficiency and increased susceptibility to T6SS.
The EMBO Journal · Mar 10, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology