Two New Lytic Bacteriophages of the Myoviridae Family Against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Two lytic bacteriophages, WCHABP1 and WCHABP12, were recovered from hospital sewage and were able to infect 9 and 12 out of 18 carbapenem-resistant clinical strains, which belonged to different clones. Electron microscopy scan showed that both bacteriophages had the similar morphology as those of th...

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Published inFrontiers in microbiology Vol. 9; p. 850
Main Authors Zhou, Weilong, Feng, Yu, Zong, Zhiyong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 30.04.2018
Subjects
Acinetobacter baumannii
bacteriophage
carbapenem resistance
Galleria mellonella
Microbiology
phage therapy
Acinetobacter baumannii
Galleria mellonella
carbapenem resistance
bacteriophage
phage therapy
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ISSN1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI10.3389/fmicb.2018.00850

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