Impact of phage treatment on fire blight disease outcome and floral microbiome composition.

ABSTRACT: With the increasing importance of alternative pesticides for the control of bacterial pathogens in agricultural and clinical settings, the use of bacteriophage viruses (phages) to reduce bacterial growth and prevent disease is gaining in popularity. Phages have been shown to be highly effective in killing bacterial cells both in vitro and across plant and animal host systems, although many questions remain about the predictability of their success across more realistic ecological conditions and in light of natural strain variation of pathogens. Furthermore, as phage application becomes more common, it is imperative that we better understand the consequences of these treatments on the microbial communities associated with hosts (i.e., their microbiomes). Here, we leverage a recently

SUBMITTER: Holtappels D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12628803 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature