A phage collection from Sichuan paocai that targets dominant fermentation strains to modulate metabolism and metabolites.
Menglu, Yang · Liu, Jiaqi · Zhang, Min · Penttinen, Petri · Zhang, Lingzi · Ge, Lihong · Zhang, Xiaoping · Zhao, Nan
Food Chemistry: X 2026
89% of predicted phage hosts were Lactiplantibacillus
Phages carried auxiliary metabolic genes for amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism
Core phages correlated with fermentation metabolites (e.g., decanal)