the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31600148,81660331);the Foundation of University of Jinan(XBS1519,XKY1633);the Shandong Excellent Young Scientist Award Fund(BS2014YY031);High Level Innovation Teams of Guangxi Colleges&Universities/Outstanding Scholars Program(Guijiaoren[2018]35);Visiting Scholar Research Program of University of Jinan.
Tuberculosis(TB)remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide,particularly in developing countries.A rapid and efficient method for TB diagnosis is indispensable to check the trend of tuberculosis expansi...
Key R&D and Promotion Projects of Henan Province,grant number 192102310156,the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant No.81601740;the Applied Basic Research Program of Science&Technology Department of Sichuan Province,Grant No.2018JY0108;the National Undergraduate Training Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship(X2017013,X2019070,202010475006).
The rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis retrieved intense interest in phage-based therapy.This old approach,which was abandoned in the west in the 1940s but is generating...
Background: The article outlines the ways of preparing and sowing various samples for research with a view to isolating mycobacteriophages (MBphages), as well as developing methods for their isolation. Methods: Experi...
Environmental mycobacteria are capable of forming biofilms in low-nutrient environments, and these biofilms may act as reservoirs for opportunistic infections. The purpose of this study was to determine if bacteriopha...
supported by a grant from the State Key Laboratory of Virology(PR China);Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KJZD-EW-L02)
Dear Editor,Bacteriophages are powerful tools for investigating and manipulating their hosts(Fernandes et al.,2014).This holds particularly true for mycobacteriophages,which have facilitated the development of mycobac...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( M. tuberculosis) is a pathogen associated with the deaths of millions of people worldwide annually. Although tuberculosis is a treatable disease, the emergence and increasing prevalence...