Zebrafish embryo model: unveiling its potential for investigating phage therapy

A new study “The zebrafish embryo model: unveiling its potential for investigating phage therapy against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection”

Read here: https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00561-24

Staphylococcus aureus is a challenging pathogenic bacterium due to its antibiotic resistance. The study introduces a zebrafish embryo model to assess bacteriophage efficacy against S. aureus infection. The findings demonstrate that bacteriophage treatment is as effective as vancomycin in enhancing survival rates and reducing bacterial load in infected embryos. This study validates the use of the zebrafish embryo model for assessing bacteriophage efficacy treatments in vivo.

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Published by Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D.,

Early career researcher in the field of Microbiology. Phage biologist, Author, Editor and Scientific writer. Expertise is in bacteriophage biology & genetics, Phage Therapy, ssRNA phages, Phage lysis systems, Single-cell analysis, protein antibiotics, and Antibiotic Resistance.