Cor interacts with outer membrane proteins to exclude FhuA-dependent phages.

Superinfection exclusion (Sie) of FhuA-dependent phages is carried out by Cor in the Escherichia coli mEp167 prophage lysogenic strain. In this work, we present evidence that Cor is an outer membrane (OM) lipoprotein that requires the participation of additional outer membrane proteins (OMPs) to exclude FhuA-dependent phages. Two Cor species of ~13 and ~8.