Introducing Lu-1, a Novel Lactobacillus jensenii Phage Abundant in the Urogenital Tract.

Bacteriophages (phages) play a key role in shaping microbial communities, including those of the human body. Phages are abundant members of the urogenital tract, most often persisting through the lysogenic life cycle as prophages integrated within the genomes of their bacterial hosts. While numerous...

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Main Authors: Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Rita Mormando, Laura Maskeri, Jason W Shapiro, Alan J Wolfe, Catherine Putonti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234159