Browsing by Subject "Bacteriophage"
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(2018-05-03)Spanins are required for the last step in bacteriophage lysis: the disruption of the outer membrane. However, bioinformatic analysis has shown 15 percent of phages lack a spanin gene, which suggests an alternate mechanism ...
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(2015-11-18)Salmonella, a common foodborne pathogen, is responsible for an estimated 1.2 million illnesses each year in the United States. Bacteriophages, viruses that specifically kill bacteria, have been studied as an alternative ...
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(2015-07-24)Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a type of polyhyroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastic, is an attractive alternative to traditional petrochemical-derived plastics, such as polypropylene. However, PHB is costly to produce due to high ...
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(2009-05-15)In order to release progeny, bacteriophages must lyse the host cell by compromising the peptidoglycan layer. There are two known strategies of lysis: the holin-endolysin system and single gene lysis (SGL), which are dependent ...
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(2021-08-09)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic bacteria is increasing worldwide. One solution to this crisis is bacteriophage therapy, a treatment which harnesses naturally occurring bacterial viruses to invade and lyse AMR ...
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(2019-07-16)Citrus canker, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac), is one of the most devastating citrus diseases that affects citrus production worldwide. The current recommended means to control canker are windbreaks, ...
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(2017-06-27)A growing population and demand for food force agricultural leaders to look for alternative water sources. Wastewater reuse could be introduced into commercial operations, if regulations and measures are in place to ensure ...
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(2015-08-04)Asymptomatic Salmonella carriage in beef cattle is a significant food safety concern and the beef feedlot environment is a reservoir of this pathogen. The goal of this study was to identify and isolate bacteriophages against ...
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(2014-09-19)Burkholderia glumae, the primary causal agent of Bacterial Panicle Blight (BPB), results in the abortion of infected rice kernels and grain rot that may result in 75% yield loss. The significance of this disease and finding ...
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(2013-08-27)The xylem-limited bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, is the causal agent of several plant diseases, most notably Pierce’s Disease of grapes and citrus variegated chlorosis. We report on the isolation and characterization of ...
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(2012-07-16)The need for clean potable water and sustainable energy are two current and pressing issues with implications affecting the global population. Renewed interests in alternative energy have prompted researchers to investigate ...
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(2020-08-27)Swine farm environments are a reservoir for Staphylococcus aureus and therefore may also be a reservoir for S. aureus phages. The diversity and ecology of these phages has not been investigated previously. Phage isolated ...
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(2016-12-09)Biodiesel is a promising, clean, lipid-based biofuel that can be made from triacylglycerols (TAGs). However, TAG feedstocks and extraction of TAGs from the feedstocks are costly, making the price of biodiesel less competitive ...
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(2018-08-08)Spanins are bacteriophage lysis proteins responsible for disruption of outer membrane (OM), the last step of phage lysis in Gram-negative hosts. The absence of spanins results in a terminal phenotype of fragile spherical ...
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(2022-01-17)The microbiome is closely linked with immune homeostasis and various disease states. Chronic inflammatory diseases such as environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are associated with ...