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Fall 2022
Bacteriophages are highly abundant viruses that replicate within and effectively kill specific target bacterial hosts. The specificity of phages to their host relies on the presence of the correct cell surface receptor that is recognized by phage receptor binding proteins. These properties make...
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Identification and Characterization of Six Bacteriophages Capable of Infecting Extremely Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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Infections caused by the ubiquitous Gram-negative bacillus Stenotrophomonas maltophilia are on the rise worldwide. Due to the impressive array of innate antibiotic resistance mechanisms employed by this bacterium, treatment of infections is exceedingly difficult; therefore, alternative treatment...
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The isolation and characterization of two Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteriophages capable of cross-taxonomic order infectivity
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Lynch, Karlene H.Stothard, Paul, Peters, Danielle L., Dennis, Jonathan J.
Background A rapid worldwide increase in the number of human infections caused by the extremely antibiotic resistant bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is prompting alarm. One potential treatment solution to the current antibiotic resistance dilemma is “phage therapy”, the clinical...