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. 2025 Oct 9;14(10):e0058125.
doi: 10.1128/mra.00581-25. Epub 2025 Aug 25.

Phages infecting the pathobiont Escherichia coli LF82

Joanna P Steczynska  1 , Mia V Ringholz  2 , Michael J Wannemuehler  3 , Nick T Peters  4 , Kelly P Williams  1
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Phages infecting the pathobiont Escherichia coli LF82

Joanna P Steczynska et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

Escherichia coli LF82 is a gut pathobiont commonly found in Crohn's disease patients and a candidate for phage therapy. We report isolation of lytic phages able to infect LF82, with 19 unique genome sequences falling into four species clusters.

Keywords: AIEC; Escherichia coli; bacteriophage; pathobiont.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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