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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages 2121-2131Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09629-x
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Phage therapy; Phage-bacteria arm race; Coevolution; Phage resistance mechanism
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Due to a constant attack by phage, bacteria in the environment have evolved diverse mechanisms to defend themselves. Several reviews on phage resistance mechanisms have been published elsewhere. Thanks to the advancement of molecular techniques, several new phage resistance mechanisms were recently identified. For the practical phage therapy, the emergence of phage-resistant bacteria could be an obstacle. However, unlike antibiotic, phages could evolve a mechanism to counter-adapt against phage-resistant bacteria. In this review, we summarized the most recent studies of the phage-bacteria arm race with the perspective of future applications of phages as antimicrobial agents.
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