Rohde Christine, Wittmann Johannes
Leibniz Institute DSMZ, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Oct 26;9(11):734. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9110734.
Bacteriophages (in short, phages) are viruses that specifically recognize and infect bacteria; theyare the most abundant forms of life in the biosphere outnumbering bacteria by an estimated factor ofone order of magnitude [1]. Logically, lytic phages have an enormous potential in human andveterinary medicine as "intelligent antibiotics". In contrast to static antibacterial drugs, phagesself-control their numbers at the locus of bacterial infection as they replicate on the unwantedpathogen and disintegrate into their subunits when the bacterial host is eliminated. [...].
噬菌体(简称为噬菌体)是一类能够特异性识别并感染细菌的病毒;它们是生物圈中最为丰富的生命形式,其数量估计比细菌多出一个数量级[1]。从逻辑上讲,裂解性噬菌体作为“智能抗生素”在人类医学和兽医学中具有巨大潜力。与静态抗菌药物不同,噬菌体在细菌感染部位自我控制数量,因为它们在有害病原体上复制,并在细菌宿主被清除时分解成亚基。[...]