Isolation and characterization of novel plasmid-dependent phages infecting bacteria carrying diverse conjugative plasmids

ABSTRACT Plasmid-dependent phages infect bacteria carrying conjugative plasmids by recognizing the plasmid-encoded pilus. Despite the high abundance of conjugative plasmids in diverse environments, plasmid-dependent phages have not been widely studied. Since conjugative plasmids often carry antimicr...

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Main Authors: Boris Parra, Bastiaan Cockx, Veronika T. Lutz, Lone Brøndsted, Barth F. Smets, Arnaud Dechesne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-01-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02537-23