Characterization and Genome Analyses of the Novel Phages P2 and vB_AhydM-H1 Targeting .

Background: The emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains presents a global health and aquaculture challenge. Bacteriophages offer promise as an alternative to antibiotics for treating drug-resistant infections.

Methods: Two new phages, P2 and vB_AhydM-H1, targeting pathogenic were isolated from sewage water.

Development and evaluation of taxon-specific primers for the selected Caudovirales taxa.

The phage taxonomy is primarily based on the morphology derived from Transmission Electron Microscopic (TEM) studies. TEM based characterization is authentic and accepted by scientific community. However, TEM based identification is expensive and time consuming.

Preparation of silver nanoparticles in the presence of polyoxometalates.

The mechanisms of reduction of silver ions and subsequently oxidation of silver atoms in the presence of polyoxometalates (POMs) are discussed. A step-by-step room temperature electron reduction of silver ions and its subsequent reactions has been used in this work to monitor oxidation of silver atoms and its clusters. The silver atoms can transfer electron to POMs is revealed by decrease in the yield of silver clusters and increase in their decay rates.

Isolation and Genome Sequence Characterization of Bacteriophage vB_SalM_PM10, a Cba120virus, Concurrently Infecting Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhimurium, Typhi, and Enteritidis.

The prevalence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella is ever increasing and calls for alternatives to antibiotics. The use of phages has been anticipated to reduce the multidrug-resistant human pathogens in food environment. Salmonella phage vB_SalM_PM10 (PM10) was isolated from sewage-polluted river in India.