Mycobacterium trehalose polyphleates are required for infection by therapeutically useful mycobacteriophages BPs and Muddy
K. S. Wetzel, M. Illouz, L. Abad, H. G. Aull, D. A. Russell, R. A. Garlena, M. Cristinziano, S. Malmsheimer, C. Chalut, G. F. Hatfull, L. Kremer
This study shows that trehalose polyphleates are essential for phage infection of Mycobacterium species and that phage resistance can arise through TPP loss or mutations in phage tail spike proteins.
bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2023Microbiology