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The Influence Of Environmental Parameters On Gordonia Terrae - Specific Bacteriophage Abundance And Diversity, Gt M. Moore, Uqueen C. Wheeler, Indiren Pillay
The Influence Of Environmental Parameters On Gordonia Terrae - Specific Bacteriophage Abundance And Diversity, Gt M. Moore, Uqueen C. Wheeler, Indiren Pillay
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Bacteriophages are viruses that infect a wide variety of host bacteria with some strains having medical and industrial significance. These highly abundant and genetically bacterial viruses constitute a large amount of unexplored genetic information. Because bacteriophages are highly specific, they can be used therapeutically to combat bacterial infections by selecting a phage to target and kill harmful bacteria. Thus, phage therapy is currently being explored to aid in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Actinobacteriophages are viruses that specifically infect Phylum Actinobacteria hosts including the environmentally abundant Gordonia terrae. Some species of Gordonia, including G. terrae, have also …