Morphological, biological, and genomic characterization of a newly isolated lytic phage Sfk20 infecting Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei, and Shigella dysenteriae1

Abstract Shigellosis, caused by Shigella bacterial spp., is one of the leading causes of diarrheal morbidity and mortality. An increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Shigella species has revived the importance of bacteriophages as an alternative therapy to antibiotics. In this study, a novel b...

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Main Authors: Bani Mallick, Payel Mondal, Moumita Dutta
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/919eb97f6f4d4d29bccfe90efb952910
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