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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

The intestinal environment potentiates bacteriophage adaptation in response to phenotypic resistance in

Nicolas Wenner, Anouk Bertola, Louise Larsson, Andrea Rocker, Nahimi Amare Bekele, Chris Sauerbeck, Leonardo F Lemos Rocha, Valentin Druelle, Marco Molari, Alexander Harms and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Nicolas Wenner *Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6257-9423
Anouk Bertola *Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.
Louise LarssonBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0000-2644-8223
Andrea RockerBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4161-5007
Nahimi Amare BekeleBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.
Chris SauerbeckBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0006-6327-5222
Leonardo F Lemos RochaBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.
Valentin DruelleBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2554-4982
Marco MolariBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8838-4093
Alexander HarmsBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.
Médéric DiardBiozentrum, University of Basel, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5914-8059

Funding

EC | ERC | HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council (ERC) 101002643Gebert Rüf Stiftung (Gebert Rüf Foundation) GRS-093/20Swiss National Fund 310030_188547Swiss National Fund PP00P3_176954Swiss National Fund PP00P3_2139Swiss National Fund PZ00P3_180085UB | Botnar Research Centre for Child Health, University of Basel (BRCCH) MIP
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterogeneous gene expression enables the coexistence of virulent phages with populations of isogenic bacteria comprising both phenotypically phage-resistant and susceptible cells. However, the evolvability of phages and the fitness cost they impose on susceptible bacteria challenge the evolutionary stability of the coexistence. Understanding this dynamic is critical for predicting phage-bacteria coevolution with implications for phage therapy, where resistance hinders treatment success. To address this point, we built on the discovery that heterogeneously expressed alterations of the O-antigen (phase variation) enable phenotypic resistance in

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBacteriophagesIntestinesSalmonella PhagesSalmonella typhimuriumAnimalsMiceMutationO AntigensPhenotypeO Antigensbacteriophagesevolvabilityintestinephase variationSalmonella

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PMID41055989
PMCPMC12541327

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