Phage Therapy: Going Temperate?
CRISPR-Cas
antibiotic resistance
phage therapy
synthetic biology
temperate phages
Journal
Trends in microbiology
ISSN: 1878-4380
Titre abrégé: Trends Microbiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9310916
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2019
04 2019
Historique:
received:
21
07
2018
revised:
29
09
2018
accepted:
23
10
2018
pubmed:
24
11
2018
medline:
23
6
2020
entrez:
24
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Strictly lytic phages have been consensually preferred for phage therapy purposes. In contrast, temperate phages have been avoided due to an inherent capacity to mediate transfer of genes between bacteria by specialized transduction - an event that may increase bacterial virulence, for example, by promoting antibiotic resistance. Now, advances in sequencing technologies and synthetic biology are providing new opportunities to explore the use of temperate phages for therapy against bacterial infections. By doing so we can considerably expand our armamentarium against the escalating threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30466900
pii: S0966-842X(18)30231-2
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.10.008
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Endotoxins
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
368-378Informations de copyright
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