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Amalie Høgh Eichler (University of Copenhagen) and colleagues published a new paper on PQS stability in phage lysates, showing PQS is highly stable in phage lysates for up to a year and can induce quorum sensing responses when carried over,

Kaat Schroven (KU Leuven) and colleagues discovered that the phage protein PIT2 directly interacts with the LasR T2SS effector, interfering with P. aeruginosa quorum sensing and attenuating virulence, inspiring a new potential phage-encoded

Jingxian Yang and colleagues have discovered that agr (quorum sensing) induction reduces expression of tarM (which encodes a glycosyltransferase responsible for modification of the major S. aureus phage receptor). This allows lytic phage St

Nicole Rutbeek (University of Manitoba, Canada) and colleagues published a research article in JBC on the molecular mechanism of quorum sensing inhibition in Streptococcus by the phage protein paratox. They demonstrated an example of conver

Megha Shah (University of Toronto) and colleagues published a new paper in Molecular Cell showing how a phage-encoded anti-activator inhibits quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.