Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D., – Page 29 – PHAGElogist

New publication! Acinetobacter Phage genome

Complete Genome Sequence of the Lytic Bacteriophage Phab24, Which Infects Clinical Strains of the Nosocomial Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii Microbiol Resour Announc 10:e00669-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00669-21Phab24 was isolated from river water in Zhejiang…

Can we unlock the potential of phage therapy?

Bacteriophages are everywhere. Considered the most abundant organisms on the face of the earth, these microscopic viruses that selectively target and kill bacteria can be found wherever bacteria exist—in soil,…

Phage-antibiotic combination to treat drug-resistant infections

Researchers from the Université de Montpellier, France, and the University of Pittsburgh, have published a study (“Mycobacteriophage-antibiotic therapy promotes enhanced clearance of drug-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus”) in Disease Models & Mechanisms that describes the antibacterial…

Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria in Fish: Treat with Phage Therapy

Scientists using phage therapy — specifically a bacteriophage they dubbed “Muddy” — successfully treated an infection by an antibiotic-resistant strain of Mycobacterium abscessus bacteria in a zebrafish model of cystic fibrosis (CF). For five…

Research Scholarship in Phage Therapy

A postgraduate research scholarship at The University of Sydney $140,000 scholarship for a PhD student to undertake research in phage therapy for intracellular pathogens. How to apply Apply here. Benefits A…

Antimicrobial Resistance Is Futile Without IP

In 1918, the world was swept by a terrifying novel influenza pandemic that killed about 50 million people.1 The primary cause of death, however, was not the influenza virus itself…

Phage therapy success depends on emerging resistance

Since just before the turn of the 20th century, bacteriophage’s antibacterial activity was detected in the waters of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. English bacteriologist Ernest Hankin had written about the…

Phage-Bacteria: Evolutionary Arms Race

Graduate student Kristen LeGault and assistant professor Kimberley Seed, both in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, specialize in the evolution of human pathogens and the viruses that infect…

Antimicrobial Resistance ‘Arms Race’ Realizes Advancements as Post-Antibiotic Era Ensues

Emerging innovations and non-antibiotic approaches to address urgent need to control infectious diseases, including multiple-drug resistant ‘super-bugs’' Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is “one of the greatest threats to human and animal…

Bacteriophage may solve Salmonella colonization in broiler chickens

Bacteriophage may be the solution to Salmonella colonization in broiler chickens, according to research that will be presented at the Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting. A collaborative research project by AB…