Fight evolution with evolution: Plasmid-dependent phages with a wide host range prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance

Ojala, Ville; Laitalainen, Jarkko; Jalasvuori, Matti

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Fight evolution with evolution: Plasmid-dependent phages with a wide host range prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance

Date

2013

Authors

Ojala, Ville

Laitalainen, Jarkko

Jalasvuori, Matti

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract

The emergence of pathogenic bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics is a serious worldwide public health concern. Whenever antibiotics are applied, the genes encoding for antibiotic resistance are selected for within bacterial populations. This has led