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Phage receptor specificity drives cross-resistance patterns and governs fitness trade-offs during sequential resistance acquisition in Salmonella.
The ISME journal - 14 Jan 2026
Wu Yingting, Yu Jing, Tao Weilai, Wu Jie, Gan Yumeng, Wang Yuxuan, Zhao Xin, Hao Xiaojing, Zhang Qian, Wang Hongning, Zhang Anyun
Abstract excerpt
Phages infect bacteria by binding to specific surface receptors, driving co-evolution in microbial communities and offering therapeutic potential. However, how receptor specificity shapes the cross-resistance patterns and evolutionary trade-offs during phage-bacteria co-evolution remains unclear. Here, we investigated the genetic basis and fitness trade-offs of phage resistance in Salmonella to phages targeting...
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