Characterization of a newly isolated Dhillonvirus bacteriophage vB_EcoS-UDS3lw against Escherichia coli O157:H7
Yen-Te Liao, Abigail R Arellano, Yujie Zhang, Vivian CH Wu · 2026
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Description
Yen-Te Liao and co-authors profile a newly found virus that hunts a dangerous gut bacterium, in a 2026 paper. The phage, nicknamed UDS3lw, attacks Escherichia coli O157:H7, a food-poisoning strain. Its genome runs about forty-four thousand letters, carries no toxin or dormancy genes, and sits in the Dhillonvirus family beside two known relatives.
Its diet is narrow: that O157 strain and a few harmless cousins. Each infected cell releases only a couple of new phages, yet a tail fiber chews the slime coats bacteria hide in. A picky, coat-chewing phage could become a spray that strips biofilms from food plants.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yen-Te Liao, Abigail R Arellano, Yujie Zhang, Vivian CH Wu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |