A temperate phage acts as a symbiotic fitness enhancer for UPEC but surrenders to combination therapy through lysogeny suppression
ABSTRACT Temperate phages are increasingly recognized as key drivers of bacterial evolution. Here, we isolated a myoviral prophage, vB_EcoM_P899, from a clinical uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) isolate and characterized how lysogenization shapes host biology. Lysogenization significantly enhanced biofilm formatio...