E. E. Kulikov

This study characterizes Hf4s, the first temperate equine intestinal coliphage, showing it recognizes the host O antigen and provides lysogen protection against some virulent phages.

This study shows that lysogenization of non-O157 E. coli by phi24B bacteriophage leads to O antigen loss and reduced fitness in the resulting strains.

The study analyzes phage genomes from horse feces to show that recombination events dominate over point mutations in phage evolution over a 7-year period.