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Homburgvirus LP-018 Has a Unique Ability to Infect Phage-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes.
Viruses - 17 Dec 2019
Song Yaxiong, Peters Tracey L, Bryan Daniel W, Hudson Lauren K, Denes Thomas G
Abstract excerpt
Listeria phage LP-018 is the only phage from a diverse collection of 120 phages able to form plaques on a phage-resistant Listeria monocytogenes strain lacking rhamnose in its cell wall teichoic acids. The aim of this study was to characterize phage LP-018 and to identify what types of mutations can confer resistance to LP-018. Whole genome sequencing and transmission electron microscopy revealed LP-018 to be a...
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