Significance of lysogeny for the metabolism of Desulfovibrio spp. strains isolated from aquatic environments of Georgia.

Aims: Sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are ecologically important group of anaerobic micro-organisms that can reduce sulphate to form hydrogen sulphide-a toxic gas causing iron corrosion on metal surfaces. In this work, SRB strains were isolated from aquatic environments in the country of Georgia to determine their lysogenicity and the role of temperate phages in host metabolism.

Methods And Results: SRB strains were isolated in samples from the Black Sea coast of Georgia.

Efficacy of newly isolated and highly potent bacteriophages in a mouse model of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteraemia.

Objectives: Bacteraemia can be caused by Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii), with clinical manifestations ranging from transient bacteraemia to septic shock. Extensively drug-resistant A.

Correction to: Genomic characterization of three novel Basilisk-like phages infecting Bacillus anthracis.

Following the publication of this article [1], the authors noted two typographical errors: one in Table 1 with regard to the location of the Basilisk Phage, which was incorrectly captured as "Kutaisis, country of Georgia Utah, USA" but should be "Utah, USA".

Genomic characterization of three novel Basilisk-like phages infecting Bacillus anthracis.

Background: In the present study, we sequenced the complete genomes of three novel bacteriophages v_B-Bak1, v_B-Bak6, v_B-Bak10 previously isolated from historical anthrax burial sites in the South Caucasus country of Georgia. We report here major trends in the molecular evolution of these phages, which we designate as "Basilisk-Like-Phages" (BLPs), and illustrate patterns in their evolution, genomic plasticity and core genome architecture.

Results: Comparative whole genome sequence analysis revealed a close evolutionary relationship between our phages and two unclassified Bacillus cereus group phages, phage Basilisk, a broad host range phage (Grose JH et al.

Phage therapy against Achromobacter xylosoxidans lung infection in a patient with cystic fibrosis: a case report.

Respiratory infections can lead to serious complications in CF patients, especially when infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria. Alternative treatments for these infections are being sought out to help address this problem. We present a clinical case of a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient, with multi-drug resistant (MDR) Achromobacter xylosoxidans chronic lung infection who was successfully managed with bacteriophage therapy.