1st German Phage Symposium-Conference Report

In Germany, phage research and application can be traced back to the beginning of the 20th century. However, with the triumphal march of antibiotics around the world, the significance of bacteriophages faded in most countries, and respective research mainly focused on fundamental questions and niche applications. After a century, we pay tribute to the overuse of antibiotics that led to multidrug resistance and calls for new strategies to combat pathogenic microbes. Against this background, bacteriophages came into the spotlight of researchers and practitioners again resulting in a fast growing "phage community". In October 2017, part of this community met at the 1st German Phage Symposium to share their knowledge and experiences. The participants discussed open questions and challenges related to phage therapy and the application of phages in general. This report summarizes the presentations given, highlights the main points of the round table discussion and concludes with an outlook for the different aspects of phage application.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 10(2018), 4 vom: 29. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huber, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Potapova, Katerina [VerfasserIn]
Kuhn, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Herbert [VerfasserIn]
Hinrichs, Jörg [VerfasserIn]
Rohde, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Beyer, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Bacteriophage
Co-evolution
Congress
Germany
Horizontal gene transfer
Industrial phage application
Phage
Phage therapy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.09.2018

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v10040158

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM282473203