[HTML][HTML] Phage therapy: An alternative to antibiotics in the age of multi-drug resistance

DM Lin, B Koskella, HC Lin - World journal of gastrointestinal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The practice of phage therapy, which uses bacterial viruses (phages) to treat bacterial
infections, has been around for almost a century. The universal decline in the effectiveness …

[HTML][HTML] Anthrax: A disease of biowarfare and public health importance

AK Goel - World Journal of Clinical Cases: WJCC, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bioterrorism has received a lot of attention in the first decade of this century. Biological
agents are considered attractive weapons for bioterrorism as these are easy to obtain …

Applying the ResFinder and VirulenceFinder web-services for easy identification of acquired antibiotic resistance and E. coli virulence genes in bacteriophage and …

KA Kleinheinz, KG Joensen, MV Larsen - Bacteriophage, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Extensive research is currently being conducted on the use of bacteriophages for
applications in human medicine, agriculture and food manufacturing. However, phages are …

Bacteriophage-based advanced bacterial detection: Concept, mechanisms, and applications

W Hussain, MW Ullah, U Farooq, A Aziz… - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Some bacterial species are deadly disease-causing pathogens with high morbidity and
mortality in humans worldwide. Key interfaces in the transmission of bacterial pathogens …

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 …

Omics approaches in food safety: fulfilling the promise?

TM Bergholz, AIM Switt, M Wiedmann - Trends in microbiology, 2014 - cell.com
Genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics are rapidly transforming our approaches to the
detection, prevention, and treatment of foodborne pathogens. Microbial genome sequencing …

Genetically modified bacteriophages in applied microbiology

P Bárdy, R Pantůček, M Benešík… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Bacteriophages represent a simple viral model of basic research with many possibilities for
practical application. Due to their ability to infect and kill bacteria, their potential in the …

Multi-omics approach in amelioration of food products

B Dutta, D Lahiri, M Nag, R Abukhader… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Determination of the quality of food products is an essential key factor needed for safe-
guarding the quality of food for the interest of the consumers, along with the nutritional and …

Bacteriophages and bacteriophage‐derived endolysins as potential therapeutics to combat Gram‐positive spore forming bacteria

A Nakonieczna, CJ Cooper… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Since their discovery in 1915, bacteriophages have been routinely used within Eastern
Europe to treat a variety of bacterial infections. Although initially ignored by the West due to …

Rapid detection of genetic engineering, structural variation, and antimicrobial resistance markers in bacterial biothreat pathogens by nanopore sequencing

AS Gargis, B Cherney, AB Conley, HP McLaughlin… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Widespread release of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) or Yersinia pestis (plague) would prompt
a public health emergency. During an exposure event, high-quality whole genome …