The Streptococcus genus belongs to one of the major pathogen groups inducing bovine
mastitis. In the dairy industry, mastitis is the most common and costly disease. It not only …

Due to the global emergence of antibiotic resistance, there has been an increase in
research surrounding endolysins as an alternative therapeutic. Endolysins are phage …

Mastitis is defined as the inflammatory response resulting of the infection of the udder tissue
and it is reported in numerous species, namely in domestic dairy animals. This pathology is …

The interest for natural antimicrobial compounds has increased due to alterations in
consumer positions towards the use of chemical preservatives in foodstuff and food …

As the global population approaches 9.7 billion inhabitants by the year 2050, humanity
faces enormous challenges to feed, house, and provide basic living requirements for the …

In recent years, the use of lytic bacteriophages as antimicrobial agents controlling
pathogenic bacteria has appeared as a promising new alternative strategy in the face of …

Antibiotics have been overused and misused for preventive and therapeutic purposes.
Specifically, antibiotics are frequently used as growth promoters for improving productivity …

In recent years it has become widely recognized that bacteriophages have several potential
applications in the food industry. They have been proposed as alternatives to antibiotics in …

Background Bovine mastitis is the most frequent and costly illness impacting dairy herds
worldwide. The presence of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows has an impact on the …

Bacteriophages are viruses that only infect bacterial cells. Phages are categorized based on
the type of their life cycle, the lytic cycle cause lysis of the bacterium with the release of …