Figure 1.

Phage Phab24 and effect on A. baumannii strain growth dynamics. (A) Transmission electron micrograph of Phab24 (negative staining). Phage Phab24 belongs to Myoviridae which have contractile tails (as seen on the rightside virion). Bar: 200 nm. (B) Growth curves of the A. baumannii reference strain ATCC17978 and phage-resistant reconstructed strains with introduced genomic mutations in the putative capsular biosynthesis gene gtr9 or in the putative LOS biogenesis gene gtrOC3, and their plasmid-complementations (::gtr9 and::gtrOC3) in the presence or absence of phage Phab24. (C) Spot testing of Phab24 on agar containing either phage-resistant or susceptible strains.