Luminescent Phage-Based Detection of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>: From Engineering to Diagnostics

• Main Authors: Lior Zelcbuch (Author), Elad Yitzhaki (Author), Olga Nissan (Author), Eliya Gidron (Author), Nufar Buchshtab (Author), Edith Kario (Author), Sharon Kredo-Russo (Author), Naomi B. Zak (Author), Merav Bassan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacteriophages ("phages") infect and multiply within specific bacterial strains, causing lysis of their target. Due to the specific nature of these interactions, phages allow a high-precision approach for therapy which can also be exploited for the detection of phage-sensitive pathogens as...