Isolation, Genomic Characterization, and Biocontrol Potential of a Drexlerviridae Phage against Environmental Escherichia coli in Wastewater Models.
BACKGROUND The persistence of chlorine-tolerant Escherichia coli in wastewater treatment systems, which constitutes a major hazard to public health, highlights the need for alternative biological disinfection methods like phage-based biocontrol. However, relatively few studies have evaluated well-characterized bacterio...