Characterization of JG024, a pseudomonas aeruginosa PB1-like broad host range phage under simulated infection conditions

Julia Garbe, Andrea Wesche, Boyke Bunk, Marlon Kazmierczak, Katherina Selezska, Christine H. Rohde, Johannes Sikorski, Manfred Rohde, Dieter Jahn, Max Schobert

BMC Microbiology · 2010 · 101 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

Phage JG024 is a suitable broad host range phage which could be used in phage therapy. Phage infection experiments under simulated chronic lung infection conditions showed that alginate production reduces phage infection efficiency.

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