Temperature-dependent carrier state mediated by H-NS promotes the long-term coexistence of Y. pestis and a phage in soil

• Lihua Yang ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work as first authors.

  Affiliations Yunnan Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Yunnan Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Dali, China, Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Under the Educational Committee in Chongqing, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Jing Wang ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work as first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Under the Educational Committee in Chongqing, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Shuguang Lu ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work as first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Under the Educational Committee in Chongqing, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Youhong Zhong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Yunnan Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Yunnan Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Dali, China

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• Kun Xiong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Frigidzone Medicine, College of High Altitude Military Medicine, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Xiaoxiao Liu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Bing Liu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biobank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

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• Xiaoxue Wang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, RNAM Center for Marine Microbiology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Peng Wang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: wp030801@126.com (WP); leshuai2004@qq.com (SL)

  Affiliation Yunnan Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Yunnan Institute for Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Dali, China

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• Shuai Le

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: wp030801@126.com (WP); leshuai2004@qq.com (SL)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Microbial Engineering Under the Educational Committee in Chongqing, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3748-5454

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