Isolation and characterization of a novel mycobacteriophage Kashi-VT1 infecting Mycobacterium species

Mycobacteriophages are viruses that infect members of genus Mycobacterium. Because of the rise in antibiotic resistance in mycobacterial diseases such as tuberculosis, mycobacteriophages have received renewed attention as alternative therapeutic agents. Mycobacteriophages are highly diverse, and, on...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Main Authors:	Tanmayee Nayak, Anuja Kakkar, Rakesh Kumar Singh, Lav Kumar Jaiswal, Anand Kumar Singh, Louise Temple, Ankush Gupta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Subjects:	mycobacteriophage phage therapy KVT1 latency period burst size antibiotic resistance
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1173894/full