Phage Cocktail Design Against Biofilm-Forming Isolates: Host Range and Resistance Emergence

Authors

  • Bostjan-M Frelih Department of Microbiology, Kozjansko Institute of Biological Sciences, Sevnica, Slovenia Author
  • Loizos-M Karayiannis Department of Microbiology, Pentadaktylos Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Lefkara, Cyprus Author
  • Iva Evtimov Department of Microbial Ecology, Vitosha Institute of Biological Sciences, Pernik, Bulgaria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22667223

Keywords:

Phage Cocktail Design Against Biofilm-Forming Isolates; Biological sciences; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in phage cocktail design against biofilm-forming isolates right now, and real uncertainty about exactly
where it delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for phage cocktail design against biofilm-forming isolates,
covering the methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where
researchers and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better
supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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