Bacteriophage therapy in aquaculture: Current status and future challenges

R Liu, G Han, Z Li, S Cun, B Hao, J Zhang, X Liu - Folia Microbiologica, 2022 - Springer
The escalation of antibiotic resistance has revitalized bacteriophage (phage) therapy.
Recently, phage therapy has been gradually applied in medicine, agriculture, food, and …

Application and challenge of bacteriophage in the food protection

H Ge, S Fu, H Guo, M Hu, Z Xu, X Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, foodborne diseases caused by pathogens have been increasing. Therefore,
it is essential to control the growth and transmission of pathogens. Bacteriophages (phages) …

Bacteriophage-derived endolysins applied as potent biocontrol agents to enhance food safety

Y Chang - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Endolysins, bacteriophage-encoded enzymes, have emerged as antibacterial agents that
can be actively applied in food processing systems as food preservatives to control …

Integrating viral metagenomics into an ecological framework

P Sommers, A Chatterjee, A Varsani… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Viral metagenomics has expanded our knowledge of the ecology of uncultured viruses,
within both environmental (eg, terrestrial and aquatic) and host-associated (eg, plants and …

The impact of essential oils on antibiotic use in animal production regarding antimicrobial resistance–a review

AG Evangelista, JAF Corrêa, ACSM Pinto… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Population growth directly affects the global food supply, demanding a higher production
efficiency without farmland expansion–in view of limited land resources and biodiversity loss …

The age of phage: friend or foe in the new dawn of therapeutic and biocontrol applications?

AY Hassan, JT Lin, N Ricker, H Anany - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Extended overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antibacterial agents has resulted in
an antimicrobial resistance crisis. Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, have …

Global trends and hotspots of phage therapy for bacterial infection: A bibliometric visualized analysis from 2001 to 2021

Z Maimaiti, Z Li, C Xu, J Chen, W Chai - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Antibiotic resistance is one of the main global threats to human health, and just
the development of new antimicrobial medications is not enough to solve the crisis. Phage …

Bacteriophages as biocontrol agents in livestock food production

L Gildea, JA Ayariga, BK Robertson - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophages have been regarded as biocontrol agents that can be used in the food
industry. They can be used in various applications, such as pathogen detection and bio …

Microflora in the reproductive tract of cattle: a review

MO Appiah, J Wang, W Lu - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
There are microbial communities in and on the bodies of all multicellular organisms, and this
microbiota can have a significant impact on the biology of the host. Most studies have …

Bacteriophage-loaded functional nanofibers for treatment of P. aeruginosa and S. aureus wound infections

T Kielholz, F Rohde, N Jung, M Windbergs - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The increasing incidence of infected skin wounds poses a major challenge in clinical
practice, especially when conventional antibiotic therapy fails. In this context …