Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Spontaneous wbbL and waaG mutations selected by phage vB_EcoP_P61425 confer resistance and attenuate virulence in ExPECLong Chen · Sixiang Xu · Xiaoyue Li · Pei Li · Mengmeng Su · Peifan Liu · Yilin Fang · Wei ZhangFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1953743