Antibacterial activity on opportunistic Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogen by a novel Salmonella phage endolysin

The Gram-negative pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause severe infections of burn wound or cystic fibrosis on patients. Bacteriophage endolysin based strategy can offer a new alternative antimicrobial therapy. Endolysins are lytic enzymes that break down the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell wall...

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Main Author: Oliveira, Hugo Alexandre Mendes (author)
Other Authors: Walmagh, Maarten (author), Kluskens, Leon (author), Sillankorva, Sanna (author), Lavigne, Rob (author), Azeredo, Joana (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/23553
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/23553