Comparison of CRISPR and marker-based methods for the engineering of phage T7

AM Grigonyte, C Harrison, PR MacDonald… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the recent rise in interest in using lytic bacteriophages as therapeutic agents, there is
an urgent requirement to understand their fundamental biology to enable the engineering of …

Evolutionary genomics of APSE: a tailed phage that lysogenically converts the bacterium Hamiltonella defensa into a heritable protective symbiont of aphids

BM Boyd, G Chevignon, V Patel, KM Oliver, MR Strand - Virology journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Most phages infect free-living bacteria but a few have been identified that infect
heritable symbionts of insects or other eukaryotes. Heritable symbionts are usually …

Targeting Biofilm of MDR Providencia stuartii by Phages Using a Catheter Model

C Rakov, S Ben Porat, S Alkalay-Oren, O Yerushalmy… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Providencia spp. are emerging pathogens mainly in nosocomial infections. Providencia
stuartii in particular is involved in urinary tract infections and contributes significantly to the …

A tailspike with exopolysaccharide depolymerase activity from a new Providencia stuartii phage makes multidrug-resistant bacteria susceptible to serum-mediated …

H Oliveira, G Pinto, B Mendes, O Dias… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Providencia stuartii is emerging as a significant drug-resistant nosocomial pathogen, which
encourages the search for alternative therapies. Here, we have isolated Providencia stuartii …

Novel Bacillus-Infecting Bacteriophage B13—The Founding Member of the Proposed New Genus Bunatrivirus

OA Kazantseva, EG Piligrimova, AM Shadrin - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, we describe a novel temperate bacteriophage, Bacillus phage B13. Bacillus-
infecting phages are widespread and abundant, though often overlooked including because …

Identification and Characterization of vB_PreP_EPr2, a Lytic Bacteriophage of Pan-Drug Resistant Providencia rettgeri

JL Mencke, Y He, AA Filippov, MP Nikolich, AT Belew… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Providencia rettgeri is an emerging opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen with reports of
increasing antibiotic resistance. Pan-drug resistant (PDR) P. rettgeri infections are a growing …

Discovery of Three Toxic Proteins of Klebsiella Phage fHe-Kpn01

CM Spruit, A Wicklund, X Wan, M Skurnik, MI Pajunen - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
The lytic phage, fHe-Kpn01 was isolated from sewage water using an extended-spectrum
beta-lactamase-producing strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae as a host. The genome is 43,329 …

CkP1 bacteriophage, a S16-like myovirus that recognizes Citrobacter koseri lipopolysaccharide through its long tail fibers

H Oliveira, S Santos, DP Pires, D Boeckaerts… - Applied Microbiology …, 2023 - Springer
Citrobacter koseri is an emerging Gram-negative bacterial pathogen, which causes urinary
tract infections. We isolated and characterized a novel S16-like myovirus CKP1 …

Occurrence of blaNDM-1-Positive Providencia spp. in a Pig Farm of China

W Chen, Z Liu, H Lin, J Yang, T Liu, J Zheng, X Long… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have been extensively used to ensure the productivity of animals on intensive
livestock farms. Accordingly, antimicrobial-resistant organisms, which can be transmitted to …

Deciphering the role of sulfonamides and molecular basis of thioredoxin domain dynamics through comparative simulations

A Ahmed, N Zaman, SS Azam - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
DsbA, a thioredoxin periplasmic protein was prioritized based on subtractive proteomics and
immunoinformatics in-depth investigation of Providencia rettgeri proteome. It is an important …