Using Phages to Reduce Prevalence in Chicken Meat: A Systematic Review.

Salmonellosis is an infection that significantly impacts chicken and humans who consume it; it is a burden on public health and a contributor to commercial losses in the chicken industry worldwide. To tackle chicken meat-related bacterial infections, significant quantities of antibiotics alongside several infection prevention measures are used worldwide. However, chemical additives, such as organic acids, and chlorine-based interventions all have different limitations.

Targeting Multicopy Prophage Genes for the Increased Detection of Sensu Lato (s.l.), the Causative Agents of Lyme Disease, in Blood.

The successful treatment of Lyme disease (LD) is contingent on accurate diagnosis. However, current laboratory detection assays lack sensitivity in the early stages of the disease. Because delayed diagnosis of LD incurs high healthcare costs and great suffering, new highly sensitive tests are in need.

vB_PaeM_MIJ3, a Novel Jumbo Phage Infecting , Possesses Unusual Genomic Features.

Phages are the most abundant biological entity on Earth. There are many variants in phage virion sizes, morphology, and genome sizes. Large virion sized phages, with genome sizes greater than 200 kbp have been identified and termed as Jumbo phages.