Environmental differences impact Acinetobacter baumannii phage isolation and infectivity
Ellinor Alseth, Carli Roush, Iris Irby, Mykhailo Kopylov, Daija Bobe, Monneh W Diggs, Kristy Nguyen, Huaijin Xu, Ingeborg Schmidt‐Krey, Anton V. Bryksin, Philip N. Rather
This paper discovers a novel lytic phage, Mystique, that infects a broad range of Acinetobacter baumannii strains and shows that environmental conditions significantly affect phage infectivity and isolation outcomes.
PLoS Pathogens · Apr 10, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology