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- Title
Two Novel Lytic Bacteriophages Infecting Enterococcus spp. Are Promising Candidates for Targeted Antibacterial Therapy.
- Authors
Tkachev, Pavel V.; Pchelin, Ivan M.; Azarov, Daniil V.; Gorshkov, Andrey N.; Shamova, Olga V.; Dmitriev, Alexander V.; Goncharov, Artemiy E.
- Abstract
The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance is of major concern globally. Among the most worrying pathogenic bacteria are vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Phage therapy is a highly promising method for controlling enterococcal infections. In this study, we described two virulent tailed bacteriophages possessing lytic activity against Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium isolates. The SSsP-1 bacteriophage belonged to the Saphexavirus genus of the Siphoviridae family, and the GVEsP-1 bacteriophage belonged to the Schiekvirus genus of Herelleviridae. The genomes of both viruses carried putative components of anti-CRISPR systems and did not contain known genes coding for antibiotic-resistance determinants and virulence factors. The conservative arrangement of protein-coding sequences in Saphexavirus and Schiekvirus genomes taken together with positive results of treating enterococcal peritonitis in an animal infection model imply the potential suitability of GVEsP-1 and SSsP-1 bacteriophages for clinical applications.
- Subjects
ENTEROCOCCUS; BACTERIOPHAGES; ENTEROCOCCAL infections; ENTEROCOCCUS faecalis; PATHOGENIC bacteria; DRUG resistance in bacteria
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 4, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3390/v14040831