Antibacterial activity of two newly isolated <i>Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus</i> strains on <i>Salmonella enterica</i> serovars of food safety concern.

ABSTRACT: Bdellovibrio are obligate predators and have been described as living antibiotics since their predatory lifestyle enables them to kill pathogenic bacteria, making Bdellovibrio a promising biological control agent. Bdellovibrio strains were isolated from sampling sites in an urban watershed and tested for their killing activity on Salmonella enterica strains associated with human infections. An enrichment technique was used to isolate Bdellovibrio from surface water samples from local tributaries to the Oconee River, employing Salmonella Infantis as the prey bait. The isolated Bdellovibrio strains were sequenced; their prey range activity was tested against a panel of clinically significant S. enterica serovars, while predation efficie

SUBMITTER: Ajao YO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12502522 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature