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The clinically isolated FIZ15 bacteriophage causes lysogenic conversion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.
Current microbiology - 1 Apr 1999
Vaca-Pacheco S, Paniagua-Contreras G L, García-González O, de la Garza M
Abstract excerpt
FIZ15 bacteriophage, from a human clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, causes lysogenic conversion in the P. aeruginosa strain PAO1. The prophage-conferred phenotypes are: (1) increased resistance to phagocytosis by mouse peritoneal macrophages; (2) increased resistance to killing by normal human serum, and (3) increased adhesion to human buccal epithelial cells. These phenotypes are related to the...
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