Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants
Owing to the increasing importance of aquaculture to compensate for the progressive worldwide reduction of natural fish and to the fact that several fish farming plants often suffer from heavy financial losses due to the development of infections caused by microbial pathogens, including multidrug re...
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| author | Maria A.F. Faustino Liliana Costa Eliana Alves Newton C.M. Gomes Ângela Cunha Adelaide Almeida |
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| description | Owing to the increasing importance of aquaculture to compensate for the progressive worldwide reduction of natural fish and to the fact that several fish farming plants often suffer from heavy financial losses due to the development of infections caused by microbial pathogens, including multidrug resistant bacteria, more environmentally-friendly strategies to control fish infections are urgently needed to make the aquaculture industry more sustainable. The aim of this review is to briefly present the typical fish farming diseases and their threats and discuss the present state of chemotherapy to inactivate microorganisms in fish farming plants as well as to examine the new environmentally friendly approaches to control fish infection namely phage therapy and photodynamic antimicrobial therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-faaba13bfe4c4e7da6402ce78a3c320b2022-12-22T04:22:39ZengMDPI AGMarine Drugs1660-33972009-06-017326831310.3390/md7030268Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming PlantsMaria A.F. FaustinoLiliana CostaEliana AlvesNewton C.M. GomesÂngela CunhaAdelaide AlmeidaOwing to the increasing importance of aquaculture to compensate for the progressive worldwide reduction of natural fish and to the fact that several fish farming plants often suffer from heavy financial losses due to the development of infections caused by microbial pathogens, including multidrug resistant bacteria, more environmentally-friendly strategies to control fish infections are urgently needed to make the aquaculture industry more sustainable. The aim of this review is to briefly present the typical fish farming diseases and their threats and discuss the present state of chemotherapy to inactivate microorganisms in fish farming plants as well as to examine the new environmentally friendly approaches to control fish infection namely phage therapy and photodynamic antimicrobial therapy.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/7/3/268/phage therapyphotodynamic therapyfish farmingantibiotic resistance |
| spellingShingle | Maria A.F. Faustino Liliana Costa Eliana Alves Newton C.M. Gomes Ângela Cunha Adelaide Almeida Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants Marine Drugs phage therapy photodynamic therapy fish farming antibiotic resistance |
| title | Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants |
| title_full | Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants |
| title_fullStr | Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants |
| title_short | Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants |
| title_sort | phage therapy and photodynamic therapy low environmental impact approaches to inactivate microorganisms in fish farming plants |
| topic | phage therapy photodynamic therapy fish farming antibiotic resistance |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/7/3/268/ |
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