The current problems with increasing bacterial resistance to antibacterial therapies, resulting
in a growing frequency of incurable bacterial infections, necessitates the acceleration of …

Mycobacteriophages are viruses that infect mycobacterial hosts including Mycobacterium
smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The first mycobacteriophages were isolated in …

The serious threats posed by drug-resistant bacterial infections and recent developments in
synthetic biology have fueled a growing interest in genetically engineered phages with …

Bacteriophages are now widely recognized as major players in a wide variety of
ecosystems. Novel genes are often identified in newly isolated phages as well as in …

A comprehensive collection of perspectives by experts in mycobacterial molecular biology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes one in four avoidable deaths in the developing world …

Bacterial infections can be treated with bacteriophages that show great specificity towards
their bacterial host and can be genetically modified for different applications. However …

The emerging occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens leads to a recollection
of bacteriophage as antimicrobial therapeutics. This article presents a short overview of the …

The search for new antimicrobial agents is a continuous struggle, mainly because more and
more cases of resistant strains are being reported. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the …

Phages possess the ability to selectively eliminate pathogenic bacteria by recognizing
bacterial surface receptors. Since their discovery, phages have been recognized for their …

Bacterial pathogens cause significant morbidity and mortality annually to both humans and
animals. With the rampant spread of drug resistance and the diminishing effectiveness of …