Publications by authors named "Sofiya N Senchenkova"
Soft rot caused by numerous species of and is a serious threat to the world production of potatoes. The application of bacteriophages to combat bacterial infections in medicine, agriculture, and the food industry requires the selection of comprehensively studied lytic phages and the knowledge of their infection mechanism for more rational composition of therapeutic cocktails. We present the study of two bacteriophages, infective for the strain F152.
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- The study focused on the O antigen structure and genetics of Escherichia coli F17, isolated from horse feces.
- The O polysaccharide was characterized as a unique branched pentasaccharide repeat made up of various sugar residues, with most units having a side-chain glucose.
- Sequencing of the O-antigen gene cluster revealed a 99% genetic similarity to another E. coli strain, suggesting that E. coli F17 may represent a new O-serogroup, with its O antigen providing protection from bacteriophages.