Filamentous Bacteriophages and the Competitive Interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains under Antibiotic Treatment: a Modeling Study

Julie D. Pourtois; Michael J. Kratochvil; Qingquan Chen; Naomi L. Haddock; Elizabeth B. Burgener; Giulio A. De Leo; Paul L. Bollyky

doi:10.1128/mSystems.00193-21

mSystems (Jun 2021)

Filamentous Bacteriophages and the Competitive Interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains under Antibiotic Treatment: a Modeling Study

Julie D. Pourtois,
Michael J. Kratochvil,
Qingquan Chen,
Naomi L. Haddock,
Elizabeth B. Burgener,
Giulio A. De Leo,
Paul L. Bollyky

Affiliations

Julie D. Pourtois: ORCiD; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Michael J. Kratochvil: ORCiD; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Qingquan Chen: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Naomi L. Haddock: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Elizabeth B. Burgener: Center for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Giulio A. De Leo: Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Paul L. Bollyky: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00193-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Filamentous phages are a frontier in bacterial pathogenesis, but the impact of these phages on bacterial fitness is unclear. In particular, Pf phages produced by PaPa

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ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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