What is it about?
Bacteriophages or Phages are the viruses that lyse the bacteria and Lysins are the enzyme derived from bacteriophage which breaks covalent connections in peptidoglycan, causing fast bacterial cell lysis. As a potential antimicrobial agents, Phages and lysins have several essential characteristics, including the ability to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a limited antibacterial spectrum, and a lack of toxicity to mammalian cells. With the global frequency of antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, bacteriophage and their lysins can be an incredibly capable innovative substitute class of antibacterial in the battle against infectious illness. In this article, we present the novel potential of “Bacteriophages and Lysins as antimicrobial agent”. A review has been done about the antimicrobial activity of Bacteriophage and Lysins.
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Why is it important?
Antimicrobials are necessary to treat microbial contaminations and bacteriophage and lysins could be used as effective antimicrobials.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long-standing collaborations. This article also leads to understanding about a new approach used for antimicrobial effects for research.
Dipti Acharya
GLA University
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This page is a summary of: Bacteriophages and lysins: Novel potential antimicrobials, January 2023, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0154209.
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