Ribitol-Containing Wall Teichoic Acid of Tetragenococcus halophilus Is Targeted by Bacteriophage phiWJ7 as a Binding Receptor-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Ribitol-Containing Wall Teichoic Acid of Tetragenococcus halophilus Is Targeted by Bacteriophage phiWJ7 as a Binding Receptor

Published:2022-04-27 Issue:2 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Wakinaka Takura¹,Matsutani Minenosuke²^ORCID,Watanabe Jun¹³⁴^ORCID,Mogi Yoshinobu¹,Tokuoka Masafumi⁵^ORCID,Ohnishi Akihiro⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Manufacturing Division, Yamasa Corporation, Choshi, Japan

2. NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan

3. Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan

4. Institute of Fermentation Sciences, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan

5. Department of Fermentation Science, Faculty of Applied Bio-Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

Information about the mechanisms of host-phage interactions is required for the development of efficient strategies against bacteriophage infections. Here, we identified the ribitol-containing wall teichoic acid as a host receptor indispensable for bacteriophage infection.

Funder

Yamasa Corporation

TUA | NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture

Fukushima University

Tokyo University of Agriculture

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.00336-22

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