Characterization of six environmental coli-phages isolated in Astana, Kazakhstan, during the School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology
Artyom A. Egorov, Konstanty Keda, Oleg K. Klementiev, J. Juozapaitis, Daria Akopova, Danya Basalaev, Yuliya Malinouskaya, Uliana Shurlakova, Lisa Trefilova, Aigerim Turgimbayeva, Daria V. Garshina, Lisa Dialektova, Anna Smolnikova, Maria Markidonova, Julián J. Duque-Pedraza, , Ilya M. Terenin
The paper isolates and characterizes six new E. coli-infecting phages from Kazakhstan, expanding a phage collection and demonstrating phage research in high school education.
bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology