Characterizing the Pyocin Activity of Diverse Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile Gram-negative pathogen that can infect a diversity of immunocompromised patients. Interest in alternatives to traditional antibiotics has inspired our investigation of R- and F-type pyocins as novel therapeutics. These phage tail-like bacteriocins are produced b...

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Main Author: MacKinnon, Erik Michael
Other Authors: Davidson, Alan R.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29525