Evolutionary responses of Escherichia coli to phage pressure: insights into mucoidy and colanic acid overexpression
This study suggests that specific amino acid changes in key proteins may be a mechanism employed by E. coli, including APEC, to defend against phage infections.
Authors
- Patrick Lagüe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-4979)
- Antony T. Vincent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1338-5785)
- Linda Saucier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2401-5891)
- Viacheslav Liato
- Marie-Pierre Létourneau-Montminy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5364-2662)
- Laurie C. Piché
- Valérie E. Paquet
- Simon J. Labrie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8701-0505)
- Serge Bories (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0588-7291)
- Steve J. Charette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0199-2852)
- Rodrigue Dubar
Institutions
- Cegep de Saint Hyacinthe (CA)
- PROTEO (CA)
- Research Institute of Organic Syntheses (Czechia) (CZ)
- Université Laval (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Genomics
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11605-x
- Primary Topic
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Université Laval
- Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada