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Veterinary use of bacteriophage therapy in intensively-reared livestock (2019)
Journal Article
Gigante, A., & Atterbury, R. J. (2019). Veterinary use of bacteriophage therapy in intensively-reared livestock. Virology Journal, 16(1), Article 155. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-019-1260-3

Zoonoses are infectious diseases transmitted directly or indirectly between animals and humans. Several important zoonotic pathogens colonize farm animals asymptomatically, which may lead to contamination of the food chain and public health hazards.... Read More about Veterinary use of bacteriophage therapy in intensively-reared livestock.

Sex pilus specific bateriophage to drive bacterial population towards antibiotic sensitivity (2019)
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Colom, J., Batista, D., Baig, A., Tang, Y., Liu, S., Yuan, F., Belkhiri, A., Marcelino, L., Barbosa, F., Rubio, M., Atterbury, R., Berchieri, A., Onuigbo, E., & Barrow, P. (2019). Sex pilus specific bateriophage to drive bacterial population towards antibiotic sensitivity. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48483-9

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a major global problem largely resulting from the overuse of antibiotics in humans and livestock. In some AMR bacteria, resistance is encoded by conjugative plasmids expressing sex-pili that can readily spread re... Read More about Sex pilus specific bateriophage to drive bacterial population towards antibiotic sensitivity.

Reviving Phage Therapy for the Treatment of Cholera (2018)
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Bhandare, S., Colom, J., Baig, A., Ritchie, J. M., Bokhari, H., Shah, M. A., Sarkar, B., Su, J., Wren, B., Barrow, P., & Atterbury, R. J. (2019). Reviving Phage Therapy for the Treatment of Cholera. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 219(5), 786-794. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy563

Cholera remains a major risk in developing countries, particularly after natural or man-made disasters. Vibrio cholerae El Tor is the most important cause of these outbreaks, and is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, so alternative thera... Read More about Reviving Phage Therapy for the Treatment of Cholera.

Isolation and characterization of novel broad host range bacteriophages of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Bengal (2018)
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Sarkar, B., Sarkar, S., Das, M., Bhowmick, T., Koley, H., Atterbury, R., & Chakrabarti, A. (2018). Isolation and characterization of novel broad host range bacteriophages of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Bengal. Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.4103/jgid.jgid_37_17

Objectives: We have isolated a total of five newer cholera phages which are novel broad host range to incorporate with the existing phage typing schemes for an extended typing scheme. Materials and Methods: These newly isolated phages were well chara... Read More about Isolation and characterization of novel broad host range bacteriophages of Vibrio cholerae O1 from Bengal.

Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio cholerae Phages Isolated in China (2017)
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Bhandare, S. G., Warry, A., Emes, R. D., Su, J., Barrow, P. A., & Atterbury, R. J. (2017). Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio cholerae Phages Isolated in China. Genome Announcements, 5(47), Article e01019-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01019-17

The complete genome sequences of seven closely related Vibrio cholerae phages isolated from environmental sites in southeastern China are reported here. Phages QH, CJY, H1, H2, H3, J2, and J3 are members of the Podoviridae family and are highly simil... Read More about Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Vibrio cholerae Phages Isolated in China.

Complete Genome Sequences of Vibrio cholerae -Specific Bacteriophages 24 and X29 (2017)
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Bhandare, S. G., Warry, A., Emes, R. D., Hooton, S. P., Barrow, P. A., & Atterbury, R. J. (2017). Complete Genome Sequences of Vibrio cholerae -Specific Bacteriophages 24 and X29. Genome Announcements, 5(46), Article e01013. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01013-17

The complete genomes of two Vibrio cholerae bacteriophages of potential interest for cholera bacteriophage (phage) therapy were sequenced and annotated. The genome size of phage 24 is 44,395 bp encoding 71 putative proteins, and that of phage X29 is... Read More about Complete Genome Sequences of Vibrio cholerae -Specific Bacteriophages 24 and X29.

Biology and genomics of an historic therapeutic Escherichia coli bacteriophage collection (2017)
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Baig, A., Colom, J., Barrow, P., Schouler, C., Moodley, A., Lavigne, R., & Atterbury, R. J. (2017). Biology and genomics of an historic therapeutic Escherichia coli bacteriophage collection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article 1652. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01652

We have performed microbiological and genomic characterization of an historic collection of nine bacteriophages, specifically infecting a K1 E. coli O18:K1:H7 ColV+ strain. These phages were isolated from sewage and tested for their efficacy in vivo... Read More about Biology and genomics of an historic therapeutic Escherichia coli bacteriophage collection.

Molecular epidemiology of nontyphoidal Salmonella in poultry and poultry products in India: implications for human health (2015)
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Saravanan, S., Purushothaman, V., Murthy, T. R. G., Sukumar, K., Srinivasan, P., Gowthaman, V., Balusamy, M., Atterbury, R. J., & Kuchipudi, S. V. (2015). Molecular epidemiology of nontyphoidal Salmonella in poultry and poultry products in India: implications for human health. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 55(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-015-0530-z

Human infections with non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serovars are increasingly becoming a threat to human health globally. While all motile Salmonellae have zoonotic potential, Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium are most commonly assoc... Read More about Molecular epidemiology of nontyphoidal Salmonella in poultry and poultry products in India: implications for human health.

Investigation into the animal species contents of popular wet pet foods (2015)
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Maine, I. R., Atterbury, R. J., & Chang, K.-C. (2015). Investigation into the animal species contents of popular wet pet foods. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 57(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-015-0097-z

Background: The use of the generic term “meat and animal derivatives” in declared ingredient lists of pet foods in the European Union is virtually universal. In the wake of the 2013 “horse meat scandal” in the human food chain, we examined the presen... Read More about Investigation into the animal species contents of popular wet pet foods.

Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections (2013)
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Hyman, P., Atterbury, R. J., & Barrow, P. (2013). Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections. Trends in Microbiology, 21(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2013.02.006

Bacteriophages are viruses of bacteria that are used for controlling bacterial food-borne pathogens and have been proposed for more extensive usage in infection control. Protists are now recognised to harbour viruses and virus-like particles. We prop... Read More about Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections.