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Comparative Analysis of 37 Acinetobacter Bacteriophages.
Viruses - 24 Dec 2017
Turner Dann, Ackermann Hans-Wolfgang, Kropinski Andrew M, Lavigne Rob, Sutton J Mark, Reynolds Darren M
Abstract excerpt
Members of the genus Acinetobacter are ubiquitous in the environment and the multiple-drug resistant species A. baumannii is of significant clinical concern. This clinical relevance is currently driving research on bacterial viruses infecting A. baumannii, in an effort to implement phage therapy and phage-derived antimicrobials. Initially, a total of 42 Acinetobacter phage genome sequences were available in the...
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