Engineering the Pseudomonas aeruginosa virus-isolation host viPAO1 reveals how host genetic barriers shape recoverable phage diversity
Anna Olina, Aleksei Agapov, Xinyan Yu, Rama P. Bhatia, Michael A. Brockhurst, Joanne L. Fothergill, Stineke van Houte, Edze Rients Westra
The paper shows that removing genetic barriers from Pseudomonas aeruginosa hosts increases the diversity of recoverable phages, leading to the isolation of 69 new phages from clinical isolates.
bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology