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Phage Therapy: Saguaro Cactus Soft Rot Treatment
Description
Phage therapy has been around for more than a century, but has regained interest in the field of medicine and holds significant potential to act as a treatment against a deadly bacterial infection in various cactus species. It was discovered that bacteriophages isolated from soil samples of potato plants were able to suppress Pectobacterium carotovorum, ‘Pectobacterium’ being within the family Pectobacteriaceae which contains the ‘Erwinia’ genus that causes soft rot diseases in various plants (Jones, 2012). The two scientists had co-inoculated “... the phage with the phytobacterium” (Jones, 2012) in order to suppress the growth and prevent the infection from occurring.
Date Created
2020-05
Contributors
- Fry, Danielle Elizabeth (Author)
- Geiler-Samerotte, Kerry (Thesis director)
- Pfeifer, Susanne (Committee member)
- Varsani, Arvind (Committee member)
- College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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21 pages
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2019-2020
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.59723
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minimal
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- 2020-08-03 12:00:04
System Modified
- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 2 years 8 months ago
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