Exploiting what phage have evolved to control gram-positive pathogens

In the billion years that bacteriophage (or phage) have existed together with bacteria the phage have evolved systems that may be exploited for our benefit. One of these is the lytic system used by the phage to release their progeny from an infected bacterium. Endolysins (or lysins) are highly evolv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fischetti, Vincent A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448103/