Developing Phage Therapy That Overcomes the Evolution of Bacterial Resistance
Oromí-Bosch A, Antani J, Turner P. Developing Phage Therapy That Overcomes the Evolution of Bacterial Resistance. Annual Review Of Virology 2023, 10: 503-524. PMID: 37268007, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-012423-110530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhage therapyPhage resistanceBacterial resistanceEvolution of phage resistancePhage-resistant bacteriaEvolution of bacterial resistanceBacteria-specific virusesTreatment of intractable infectionsAlternative antimicrobial strategiesPersonalized medicine treatmentsPhage strategyClinically favorable outcomesBacterial pathogensBacterial populationsPhageTarget bacteriaAntibiotic resistanceAntimicrobial strategiesIntractable infectionsWaning efficacyFavorable outcomeBacterial infectionsBacteriaTherapyPatient treatmentExperimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation
Burmeister A, Tzintzun-Tapia E, Roush C, Mangal I, Barahman R, Bjornson R, Turner P. Experimental Evolution of the TolC-Receptor Phage U136B Functionally Identifies a Tail Fiber Protein Involved in Adsorption through Strong Parallel Adaptation. Applied And Environmental Microbiology 2023, 89: e00079-23. PMID: 37191555, PMCID: PMC10304864, DOI: 10.1128/aem.00079-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental evolutionPhage populationsParallel molecular evolutionWhole-population sequencingAntibiotic resistance proteinsTail fiber proteinE. coli hostPhage evolutionEvolutionary potentialMolecular evolutionPhage genotypesTolC proteinParallel adaptationProtein geneAntibiotic resistanceExperimental populationsBacterial diversitySelection pressureBacterial hostsColi hostFiber proteinBacterial populationsBacterial cellsPhage resistancePhage dynamics