Improved adsorption of an Enterococcus faecalis bacteriophage ΦEF24C with a spontaneous point mutation.

Some bacterial strains of the multidrug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria Enterococcus faecalis can significantly reduce the efficacy of conventional antimicrobial chemotherapy. Thus, the introduction of bacteriophage (phage) therapy is expected, where a phage is used as a bioagent to destroy bacteri...

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Main Authors: Jumpei Uchiyama, Iyo Takemura, Miho Satoh, Shin-ichiro Kato, Takako Ujihara, Kazue Akechi, Shigenobu Matsuzaki, Masanori Daibata
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/127acb0953624d7ab40103c861fea54d
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