Phages for phage therapy: isolation, characterization, and host range breadth

P Hyman - Pharmaceuticals, 2019 - mdpi.com
For a bacteriophage to be useful for phage therapy it must be both isolated from the
environment and shown to have certain characteristics beyond just killing strains of the …

Molecular and evolutionary determinants of bacteriophage host range

PA de Jonge, FL Nobrega, SJJ Brouns, BE Dutilh - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
The host range of a bacteriophage is the taxonomic diversity of hosts it can successfully
infect. Host range, one of the central traits to understand in phages, is determined by a range …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering phage host-range and suppressing bacterial resistance through phage tail fiber mutagenesis

K Yehl, S Lemire, AC Yang, H Ando, M Mimee… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant infections is prompting increased interest in
phage-based antimicrobials. However, acquisition of resistance by bacteria is a major issue …

More is better: selecting for broad host range bacteriophages

A Ross, S Ward, P Hyman - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. In this perspective, we discuss several
aspects of a characteristic feature of bacteriophages, their host range. Each phage has its …

Phage-specific metabolic reprogramming of virocells

C Howard-Varona, MM Lindback, GE Bastien… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ocean viruses are abundant and infect 20–40% of surface microbes. Infected cells, termed
virocells, are thus a predominant microbial state. Yet, virocells and their ecosystem impacts …

Engineered reporter phages for detection of Escherichia coli, Enterococcus, and Klebsiella in urine

S Meile, J Du, S Staubli, S Grossmann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The rapid detection and species-level differentiation of bacterial pathogens facilitates
antibiotic stewardship and improves disease management. Here, we develop a rapid …

Freshwater viral metagenome reveals novel and functional phage-borne antibiotic resistance genes

K Moon, JH Jeon, I Kang, KS Park, K Lee, CJ Cha… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background Antibiotic resistance developed by bacteria is a significant threat to global
health. Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) spread across different bacterial populations …

Enhanced mutualistic symbiosis between soil phages and bacteria with elevated chromium-induced environmental stress

D Huang, P Yu, M Ye, C Schwarz, X Jiang, PJJ Alvarez - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Microbe–virus interactions have broad implications on the composition,
function, and evolution of microbiomes. Elucidating the effects of environmental stresses on …

In vitro techniques and measurements of phage characteristics that are important for phage therapy success

T Glonti, JP Pirnay - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Validated methods for phage selection, host range expansion, and lytic activity
determination are indispensable for maximizing phage therapy outcomes. In this review, we …

Changes in tetracycline partitioning and bacteria/phage-comediated ARGs in microplastic-contaminated greenhouse soil facilitated by sophorolipid

M Sun, M Ye, W Jiao, Y Feng, P Yu, M Liu, J Jiao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
The emerging mixed contamination of antibiotics and microplastics in greenhouse soil has
made the control of antibiotic resistant gene (ARG) transmission a novel challenge. In this …