Growing Trend of Fighting Infections in Aquaculture Environment-Opportunities and Challenges of Phage Therapy.

ABSTRACT: Phage therapy, a promising alternative to antimicrobial treatment of bacterial diseases, is getting more and more popular, especially due to the rising awareness of antibiotic resistance and restrictions in antibiotics' use. During recent years, we observed a growing trend of bacteriophages' application in aquaculture, which in each year reports high losses due to bacterial diseases. This review provides an update of the status of bacteriophage therapy for the treatment and prevention of infections in the aquatic environment. As it is still mostly in the scientific stage, there are a few constraints that may prevent effective therapy. Therefore, specific characteristics of bacteriophages, that can act in favor or against their successful use in treatment, were described. We underlined aspe

SUBMITTER: Kowalska JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7345527 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature