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SUBMITTER: Alves DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4249044 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alves D R DR Gaudion A A Bean J E JE Perez Esteban P P Arnot T C TC Harper D R DR Kot W W Hansen L H LH Enright M C MC Jenkins A Tobias A AT
Applied and environmental microbiology 20140822 21
Biofilms are major causes of impairment of wound healing and patient morbidity. One of the most common and aggressive wound pathogens is Staphylococcus aureus, displaying a large repertoire of virulence factors and commonly reduced susceptibility to antibiotics, such as the spread of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Bacteriophages are obligate parasites of bacteria. They multiply intracellularly and lyse their bacterial host, releasing their progeny. We isolated a novel phage, DRA88, whic ...[more]