Phage tail protein methylation enabling the virus to bind to the surface of bacterial cells is vital for progeny infectivity.

However, following infection with the A1HA147 phage at a high MOI of 5 (solid dark green line) until the 6th hour, the OD 600 for the mepM- KO strain first exhibited an increasing trend and then decreased, while the OD 600 for the mepM- KO strain following infection with phages at a low MOI of 0.05 (solid fluorescent green line) first exhibited a decreasing trend and then increased.

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