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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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…