Bacteriophage therapy of infectious diseases in aquaculture.
Bacteriophages may be candidates as therapeutic agents in bacterial infections. Here we describe the protective effects of phages against experimentally induced bacterial infections of cultured fish and discuss the potential for phage therapy in aquaculture.
Nakai
Toshihiro
T
Laboratory of Fish Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan. nakaitt@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Park
Se Chang
SC
D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D001435:Bacteriophages; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D017045:Lactococcus; D011549:Pseudomonas; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D017105:Pseudomonas Phages