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Antibacterial and anti-virulence activity of manuka honey against genetically diverse Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, H. L., Metters, G., Hitchings, M. D., Wilkinson, T. S., Sousa, L., Cooper, J., …Jenkins, R. (2020). Antibacterial and anti-virulence activity of manuka honey against genetically diverse Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(20), Article e01768-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01768-20

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius causes opportunistic infections in dogs. It also has significant zoonotic potential, with the emergence of multidrug-resistance leading to difficulty treating both animal and human infections. Manuka honey has previous... Read More about Antibacterial and anti-virulence activity of manuka honey against genetically diverse Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.

Reduction of Salmonella contamination on the surface of chicken skin using bacteriophage (2020)
Journal Article
Atterbury, R. J., Gigante, A. M., Rubio Lozano, M. D. L. S., Méndez Medina, R. D., Robinson, G., Alloush, H., …Allen, V. M. (2020). Reduction of Salmonella contamination on the surface of chicken skin using bacteriophage. Virology Journal, 17, Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-020-01368-0

Background: Enteric infections caused by Salmonella spp. remain a major public health burden worldwide. Chickens are known to be a major reservoir for this zoonotic pathogen. The presence of Salmonella in poultry farms and abattoirs is associated wit... Read More about Reduction of Salmonella contamination on the surface of chicken skin using bacteriophage.

An improved cleaning system to reduce microbial contamination of poultry transport crates in the United Kingdom (2020)
Journal Article
Atterbury, R., Gigante, A., Tinker, D., Howell, M., & Allen, V. (2020). An improved cleaning system to reduce microbial contamination of poultry transport crates in the United Kingdom. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 128(6), 1776-1784. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14576

© 2020 The Society for Applied Microbiology Aim: Following previous research on improving the cleaning of crates used to transport broiler chickens from the farm to the abattoir, a demonstration project was undertaken to investigate improvements in c... Read More about An improved cleaning system to reduce microbial contamination of poultry transport crates in the United Kingdom.

Dual predation by bacteriophage and bdellovibrio bacteriovorus can eradicate escherichia coli prey in situations where single predation cannot (2020)
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Hobley, L., Summers, J. K., Till, R., Milner, D. S., Atterbury, R. J., Stroud, A., …Sockett, R. E. (2020). Dual predation by bacteriophage and bdellovibrio bacteriovorus can eradicate escherichia coli prey in situations where single predation cannot. Journal of Bacteriology, 202(6), Article e00629-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00629-19

Copyright © 2020 Hobley et al. Bacteria are preyed upon by diverse microbial predators, including bacteriophage and predatory bacteria, such as Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. While bacteriophage are used as antimicrobial therapies in Eastern Europe and... Read More about Dual predation by bacteriophage and bdellovibrio bacteriovorus can eradicate escherichia coli prey in situations where single predation cannot.