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FIZ15 bacteriophage, from a human clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, causes lysogenic conversion in the P. aeruginosa strain PAO1. The prophage-conferred phenotypes are: (1) increased resistance to phagocytosis by mouse peritoneal macrophages; (2) increased resistance to killing by normal human serum, and (3) increased adhesion to human buccal epithelial cells. These phenotypes are related to the prophage-induced change at the level of its own bacterial receptor, which appears to be the O-antigen.
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Received: 31 August 1998 / Accepted: 20 November 1998
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Vaca-Pacheco, S., Paniagua-Contreras, G., García-González, O. et al. The Clinically Isolated FIZ15 Bacteriophage Causes Lysogenic Conversion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Curr Microbiol 38, 239–243 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006794
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