Billy M. Hargis,Stacy E. Higgins,Lisa Bielke,Guillermo L. Tellez,Lisa A. Newberry,Gerardo Nava,Ann M. Donoghue,Daniel J. Donoghue
申请号：
US13091762
公开号：
US08367058B2
申请日:
2011.04.21
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Disclosed are methods of selecting wide host range bacteriophage capable of growing in a plurality of bacteria including pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria and bacteriophage selected by the methods. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject infected with a pathogenic bacterium using bacteriophage and methods of decontaminating objects using bacteriophage. Also disclosed are methods of producing vaccines. In another aspect, methods of determining bacterial viability and methods of improving the sensitivity of a biosensor using wide host range bacteriophages are disclosed.
