A Novel N4-Like Bacteriophage Isolated from a Wastewater Source in South India with Activity against Several Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates

Nitasha D. Menon; Megha S. Kumar; T. G. Satheesh Babu; Sucharita Bose; Gayathri Vijayakumar; Manasi Baswe; Meghna Chatterjee; Jovita Rowena D’Silva; Kavya Shetty; Jayalekshmi Haripriyan; Anil Kumar; Samitha Nair; Priyanka Somanath; Bipin G. Nair; Victor Nizet; Geetha B. Kumar

doi:10.1128/mSphere.01215-20

mSphere (Feb 2021)

A Novel N4-Like Bacteriophage Isolated from a Wastewater Source in South India with Activity against Several Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates

Nitasha D. Menon,
Megha S. Kumar,
T. G. Satheesh Babu,
Sucharita Bose,
Gayathri Vijayakumar,
Manasi Baswe,
Meghna Chatterjee,
Jovita Rowena D’Silva,
Kavya Shetty,
Jayalekshmi Haripriyan,
Anil Kumar,
Samitha Nair,
Priyanka Somanath,
Bipin G. Nair,
Victor Nizet,
Geetha B. Kumar

Affiliations

Nitasha D. Menon: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Megha S. Kumar: Amrita Biosensor Research Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
T. G. Satheesh Babu: Amrita Biosensor Research Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Sucharita Bose: Icon Analytical Private Limited, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Gayathri Vijayakumar: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Manasi Baswe: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Meghna Chatterjee: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Jovita Rowena D’Silva: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Kavya Shetty: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Jayalekshmi Haripriyan: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Anil Kumar: Department of Microbiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
Samitha Nair: Department of Microbiology, DDRC SRL Diagnostic Private Limited, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Priyanka Somanath: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Bipin G. Nair: School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India
Victor Nizet: Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Geetha B. Kumar: ORCiD; School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kerala, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01215-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1

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In India, multidrug resistance determinants are much more abundant in community-associated bacterial pathogens due to the improper treatment of domestic and industrial effluents. In particular, a high bacterial load of the opportunistic pathogen P. aeruginosa

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ISSN: 2379-5042 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
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