Isolation and characterization of four novel Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophages from oysters

Joud Aldaroub; Chrissy M. Walsky; Rylee E. Ewell; Frank O. Aylward; Ann M. Stevens; Alison Kernell Burke

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0339894

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Isolation and characterization of four novel Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophages from oysters

Joud Aldaroub,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne and Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Chrissy M. Walsky,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6554-4543

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Rylee E. Ewell,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Frank O. Aylward,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne and Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Ann M. Stevens,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne and Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Alison Kernell Burke

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: burkeak@vmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9024-7470

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Isolation and characterization of four novel Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophages from oysters

Joud Aldaroub,
Chrissy M. Walsky,
Rylee E. Ewell,
Frank O. Aylward,
Ann M. Stevens,
Alison Kernell Burke

Published: December 29, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339894

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