Influence of environmental variables in the efficiency of phage therapy in aquaculture.

ABSTRACT: Aquaculture facilities worldwide continue to experience significant economic losses because of disease caused by pathogenic bacteria, including multidrug-resistant strains. This scenario drives the search for alternative methods to inactivate pathogenic bacteria. Phage therapy is currently considered as a viable alternative to antibiotics for inactivation of bacterial pathogens in aquaculture systems. While phage therapy appears to represent a useful and flexible tool for microbiological decontamination of aquaculture effluents, the effect of physical and chemical properties of culture waters on the efficiency of this technology has never been reported. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of physical and chemical properties of aquaculture waters (e.g. pH, temperature, salinity a

SUBMITTER: Silva YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4229321 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature