Discovery of Phage Targeting Bacteria

Jerrycret6823 Oct, 2023Technology

Bacteriophages that specifically kill bacteria might help solve the growing problem of bacterial infections. The increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains is a serious problem in contemporary medicine. What is important is the fact that these bacteria do not implicate resistance to phage lysis mechanisms. Lytic bacteriophages are able to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria at the end of the phage infection cycle. Most of them utilize two-component lysis systems to destroy a bacterial cell wall in order to release progeny virions. Thus, the development of phage therapy is a potential way to improve the treatment of bacterial infections.