Genetic engineering of bacteriophages: Key concepts, strategies, and applications

W Hussain, X Yang, M Ullah, H Wang, A Aziz… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacteriophages are the most abundant biological entity in the world and hold a tremendous
amount of unexplored genetic information. Since their discovery, phages have drawn a great …

Phage products for fighting antimicrobial resistance

Y Huang, W Wang, Z Zhang, Y Gu, A Huang, J Wang… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global public health issue and antibiotic
agents have lagged behind the rise in bacterial resistance. We are searching for a new …

Gut phageome—An insight into the role and impact of gut microbiome and their correlation with mammal health and diseases

Y Zhang, S Sharma, L Tom, YT Liao, VCH Wu - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses, compose a diverse
mammalian gut environment and are highly associated with host health. Bacteriophages …

Challenges of bacteriophages application in controlling bacterial plant diseases and how to overcome them

EM Halawa - Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in agricultural sector, controlling
bacterial plant diseases using antibiotics has become challenging. Researchers have …

Biological and Molecular Characterization of the Lytic Bacteriophage SoKa against Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, Causal Agent of Citrus Blast and Black Pit …

M Oueslati, D Holtappels, K Fortuna, MR Hajlaoui… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss), the causal agent of citrus blast and black pit
lesion of lemon fruit, continues to cause serious damage in citrus production in Tunisia …

Bacteriophages: an overview of the control strategies against phytopathogens

A Nawaz, S Zafar, M Shahzadi, SMAUS Bukhari… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Food demand is directly associated with the human population. Due to various plant
diseases, there has been a reduction in crop yield. There is an extreme necessity to low …

Biofabricated nanomaterials in sustainable agriculture: insights, challenges and prospects

P Mohanty, PK Singh, B Lenka, TK Adhya… - …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
One ever-evolving and ever-demanding critical human endeavour is the provision of food
security for the growing world population. It could be done by adopting sustainable …

Phage Resistance Reduced the Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae on Rice

M Liu, Y Tian, HEM Zaki, T Ahmed, R Yao, C Yan… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plants grow together with microbes that have both negative and positive impacts on the host,
while prokaryotes are in turn also hosts for viruses, co-evolving together in a complex …

[HTML][HTML] Newly isolated Drexlerviridae phage LAPAZ is physically robust and fosters eradication of Klebsiella pneumoniae in combination with meropenem

L Ziller, PC Blum, EM Buhl, A Krüttgen, HP Horz… - Virus Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the spread of multidrug resistance there is a renewed interest in using
bacteriophages (briefly: phages) for controlling bacterial pathogens. The objective of this …

Exploring the historical roots, advantages and efficacy of phage therapy in plant diseases management

IU Haq, K Rahim, NP Paker - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
In the drug-resistance era, phage therapy has received considerable attention from
worldwide researchers. Phage therapy has been given much attention in public health but is …