Staphylococcus bacteriophage tails with bactericidal properties: new findings.

Abstract:

:The development of lytic bacteriophages as therapeutic products is an attractive alternative to antibiotics. In this study, we evaluated the potential of phage tails for lysing Gram-positive bacteria. Phage P954, a well-characterized temperate staphylococcal phage, was found to adsorb to a large number of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates, although it lyses only 24% of the tested isolates. However, P954 phage tails generated by interruption of phage assembly were bactericidal against all the phage-resistant isolates. Phage tail preparations were trypsin sensitive with an apparent molecular weight of over 300 kDa. PCR analysis of the P954 phage-resistant isolates indicated the integration of P954-like prophages into the host genomes. Our study demonstrates for the first time that P954 bacteriophage tails have a much broader host range than the intact phage because phage tails are not affected by superinfection immunity or vulnerable to host restriction endonucleases.

authors

Biddappa AC,Sundarrajan S,Ramalinga AB,Sriram B,Padmanabhan S

doi

10.1002/bab.1052

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-11-01 00:00:00

pages

495-502

issue

6

eissn

0885-4513

issn

1470-8744

journal_volume

59

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