Lytic bacteriophages as a potential alternative to control Staphylococcus aureus

Lytic bacteriophages as a potential alternative to control Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract: The objective of this work was to characterize autochthonous bacteriophages and to determine their lytic activity on Staphylococcus aureus. Six phages were isolated from dairy barn flush water through enrichment cultures with three S. aureus strains. All phages were characterized by DNA di...

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Main Authors: Juliana Almeida Leite, Hyago Passe Pereira, Cristiano Amâncio Vieira Borges, Bruna Rios Coelho Alves, Alessandra Isis Alves Pinheiro Ramos, Marta Fonseca Martins, Edna Froeder Arcuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2019-11-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
biological control
endolysin
phage
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2019000103303&tlng=en

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