Phage Therapy: Past; Present and Future

• Hoofdauteur: Stephen T. Abedon (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Pilar Garcia (auth), Rustam Aminov (auth), Peter Mullany (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Reeks: Frontiers Research Topics
• Onderwerpen: Microbiology (non-medical); lysins; bacteriophage therapy; bacterial infection treatment; biofilms; immunology; biocontrol; regulatory issues
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Historically, the first observation of a transmissible lytic agent that is specifically active against a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis) was by a Russian microbiologist Nikolay Gamaleya in 1898. At that time, however, it was too early to make a connection to another discovery made by Dmitri Ivanovsky...