Potential for Bacteriophage Endolysins to Supplement or Replace Antibiotics in Food Production and Clinical Care

Potential for Bacteriophage Endolysins to Supplement or Replace Antibiotics in Food Production and Clinical Care

There is growing concern about the emergence of bacterial strains showing resistance to all classes of antibiotics commonly used in human medicine. Despite the broad range of available antibiotics, bacterial resistance has been identified for every antimicrobial drug developed to date. Alarmingly, t...

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Main Authors: Michael J. Love, Dinesh Bhandari, Renwick C. J. Dobson, Craig Billington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
endolysin
antibiotics
antimicrobial resistance
one health
protein engineering
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/7/1/17

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