Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health concern demanding more attention and action at the international-, national- regional levels. In present study, bacteriophage was sought as potential alternative to traditional antibiotics. Results Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolated from urine sample. Partial 16S rRNA-gene sequencing VITEK®2 system were emp...

Phusang warm pond or hot spring (Thailand) has a temperature of approximately 36–38 °C and may be suitable for bacterial growth. However, data on the microbiota effectiveness this water remain obscure. Therefore, study aimed to evaluate characteristics by clarifying microorganisms viral pathogens present. Cytotoxicity, irritation, liposome uptake, antimicrobial anti-inflammatory effects were ev...

In this work, we determined the diversity and dynamics of gut virome infants during first year life. Fecal samples were collected monthly, from birth to one age, three healthy children living in a semi-rural village Mexico. Most viral reads classified into six families bacteriophages including five dsDNA virus order Caudovirales , with Siphoviridae Podoviridae being most abundant. Eukaryotic vi...

Until recently, Clostridium difficile phages were limited to Myoviruses and Siphoviruses of medium genome length (32-57 kb). Here we report the finding of phiCD5763, a Siphovirus with a large extrachromosomal circular genome (132.5 kb, 172 ORFs) and a large capsid (205.6 ± 25.6 nm in diameter) infecting MLST Clade 1 strains of C. difficile. Two subgroups of big phage genomes similar to phiCD576...

Bacteriophage 9 g was isolated from horse feces using Escherichia coli C600 as a host strain. Phage 9 g has a slightly elongated capsid 62 × 76 nm in diameter and a non-contractile tail about 185 nm long. The complete genome sequence of this bacteriophage consists of 56,703 bp encoding 70 predicted open reading frames. The closest relative of phage 9 g is phage PhiJL001 infecting marine alpha-p...

Bacteriophages have been suggested as an alternative approach to reduce the amount of pathogens in various applications. Bacteriophages of various specificity and virulence were isolated as a means of controlling food-borne pathogens. We studied the interaction of bacteriophages with Bacillus species, which are very often persistent in industrial applications such as food production due to thei...

Hydrophobic Actinobacteria are commonly associated with the stabilization of foams in activated sludge systems. One possible attractive approach to control these foam-stabilizing organisms is the use of specific bacteriophages. We describe the genome characterization of a novel polyvalent DNA phage, GTE2, isolated from activated sludge. This phage is lytic for Gordonia terrae, Rhodococcus globe...

Bacteriophage SC921, which can infect Lactobacillus plantarum specifically, was isolated from a fermented vegetable source, Kimchi. This phage is active against six of 11 strains of L. plantarum tested as hosts. Morphologically, it has an isometric head (60 nm in diameter) and a non-contractile tail (260 nm long and 9-11 nm wide), indicating that it belongs to Bradley's group B or the Siphoviri...

The virulent Lactobacillus plantarum myophage LP65 was isolated from industrial meat fermentation. Tail contraction led to reorganization of the tail sheath and the baseplate; a tail tube was extruded. In ultrathin section the phage adsorbed via its baseplate to the exterior of the cell, while the tail tube tunneled through the thick bacterial cell wall. Convoluted membrane structures were indu...