An exegesis of bacteriophage therapy: An emerging player in the fight against anti-microbial resistance
Bacteriophages (simply referred to as Phages) are a class of viruses with the ability to infect and kill prokaryotic cells (bacteria), but are unable to infect mammalian cells. This unique ability to achieve specific infectiousness by bacteriophages has been harnessed in antibacterial treatments dat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AIMS Press
2020-09-01
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Series: | AIMS Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/microbiol.2020014/fulltext.html |