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Peculiarities of Staphylococcus aureus phages and their possible application in phage therapy

Aa Haeruman Azam1, Yasunori Tanji2

  • 1School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 J2-15, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan.

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
|April 19, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
Host recognition mechanismPhage therapyReceptor-binding proteinStaphylococcal phage

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