Systematic mapping of bacteriophage gene essentiality with HIDEN-SEQ
Dorentina Humolli, Damien Piel, Jessica Ransome, Kathrin Bausch, Sarah Tschudin‐Sutter, Monica Ortelli, Christoph Dehio, Jan‐Willem Veening, Alexander Harms
This study introduces HIDEN-SEQ, a transposon-insertion sequencing method for phages, to systematically map gene essentiality and uncover previously unknown viral anti-defense factors.
Nature Microbiology · Sep 25, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology