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Co-evolution with lytic phage selects for the mucoid phenotype of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25.
The ISME journal - 1 Jun 2012
Scanlan Pauline Deirdre, Buckling Angus
Abstract excerpt
The effects of co-evolution with lytic phage on bacterial virulence-related traits are largely unknown. In this study we investigate the incidence of the mucoid phenotype of the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 in response to co-evolution with the lytic phage phi2 (φ2). The mucoid phenotype of Pseudomonas spp. is due to overproduction of alginate and is a considerable virulence factor contributing to the...
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