Bacteriophages as a potential 360-degree pathogen control strategy

M D'Accolti, I Soffritti, S Mazzacane, E Caselli - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophages are viruses that exclusively kill bacteria and are the most ubiquitous
organisms on the planet. Since their discovery, bacteriophages have been considered an …

Bacteriophages in biological wastewater treatment systems: occurrence, characterization, and function

V Runa, J Wenk, S Bengtsson, BV Jones… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phage bacteria interactions can affect structure, dynamics, and function of microbial
communities. In the context of biological wastewater treatment (BWT), the presence of …

Emerging investigator series: bacteriophages as nano engineering tools for quality monitoring and pathogen detection in water and wastewater

F Bayat, TF Didar, Z Hosseinidoust - Environmental Science: Nano, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Waterborne bacterial pathogens are a major public health concern worldwide, taking many
lives and imposing huge economical burden. Rapid and specific detection of pathogens and …

Strategies for controlling filamentous bulking in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants: The old and the new

T Sam, M Le Roes-Hill, N Hoosain, PJ Welz - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Filamentous bulking and foaming are the most common settling problems experienced in
activated sludge (AS) wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The quality of the final effluent …

Bacteriophage-based biocontrol technology to enhance the efficiency of wastewater treatment and reduce targeted bacterial biofilms

KB Shivaram, P Bhatt, B Applegate, H Simsek - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment is an essential process for public health and a sustainable ecosystem.
Inadequate wastewater treatment can lead to the release of organic and inorganic pollutants …

Bacteriophage biocontrol in wastewater treatment

SAA Jassim, RG Limoges, H El-Cheikh - World Journal of Microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Waterborne bacterial pathogens in wastewater remains an important public health concern,
not only because of the environmental damage, morbidity and mortality that they cause, but …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriophages of wastewater foaming-associated filamentous Gordonia reduce host levels in raw activated sludge

M Liu, JJ Gill, R Young, EJ Summer - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Filamentous bacteria are a normal and necessary component of the activated sludge
wastewater treatment process, but the overgrowth of filamentous bacteria results in foaming …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater as a fertility source for novel bacteriophages against multi-drug resistant bacteria

NM Alharbi, MM Ziadi - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is a common and serious public health worldwide. As an alternative to
antibiotics, bacteriophage (phage) therapy offers one of the best solutions to antibiotic …

[HTML][HTML] Coupled virus-bacteria interactions and ecosystem function in an engineered microbial system

MR Brown, JC Baptista, M Lunn, DL Swan, SJ Smith… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Viruses are thought to control bacterial abundance, affect community composition and
influence ecosystem function in natural environments. Yet their dynamics have seldom been …

[HTML][HTML] Broad lytic spectrum of novel Salmonella phages on ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella contaminated in the broiler production chain

W Pelyuntha, A Sanguankiat, A Kovitvadhi… - Veterinary …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: Samples were obtained from the broiler production chain and used
for Salmonella isolation. serovar and CIP resistance of each isolate were characterized …