TSP, a virulent Podovirus, can control the growth of Staphylococcus aureus for 12 h

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 10008
• Main Authors: Tabassum, Rabia, Basit, Abdul, Alvi, Iqbal Ahmed, Asif, Muhammad, ur Rehman, Shafiq
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.06.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326; 631/326/1321; Antibiotics; Burst size; Drug resistance; Genomes; Genomic analysis; Hospital wastes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Latent period; Medical wastes; Methicillin; multidisciplinary; Nosocomial infection; Nucleotide sequence; Phages; Phylogeny; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Shelf life; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus infections; Wastewater; β-Lactam antibiotics

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a prevailing nosocomial pathogen that is increasingly isolated in community settings. It shows resistance against all beta-lactam drugs and has acquired mechanisms to resist other groups of antibiotics. To tackle this emerging issue of MRSA, ther...