TY - JOUR
T1 - The israeli phage bank (IPB)
AU - Yerushalmy, Ortal
AU - Khalifa, Leron
AU - Gold, Naama
AU - Rakov, Chani
AU - Alkalay-Oren, Sivan
AU - Adler, Karen
AU - Ben-Porat, Shira
AU - Kraitman, Reut
AU - Gronovich, Niv
AU - Ginat, Kerem Shulamit
AU - Abdalrhman, Mohanad
AU - Coppenhagen-Glazer, Shunit
AU - Nir-Paz, Ran
AU - Hazan, Ronen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - A key element in phage therapy is the establishment of large phage collections, termed herein “banks”, where many well-characterized phages, ready to be used in the clinic, are stored. These phage banks serve for both research and clinical purposes. Phage banks are also a key element in clinical phage microbiology, the prior treatment matching of phages and antibiotics to specific bacterial targets. A worldwide network of phage banks can promote a phage-based solution for any isolated bacteria. Herein, we describe the Israeli Phage Bank (IPB) established in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, which currently has over 300 phages matching 16 bacteria, mainly pathogens. The phage bank is constantly isolating new phages and developing methods for phage isolation and characterization. The information on the phages and bacteria stored in the bank is available online.
AB - A key element in phage therapy is the establishment of large phage collections, termed herein “banks”, where many well-characterized phages, ready to be used in the clinic, are stored. These phage banks serve for both research and clinical purposes. Phage banks are also a key element in clinical phage microbiology, the prior treatment matching of phages and antibiotics to specific bacterial targets. A worldwide network of phage banks can promote a phage-based solution for any isolated bacteria. Herein, we describe the Israeli Phage Bank (IPB) established in the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, which currently has over 300 phages matching 16 bacteria, mainly pathogens. The phage bank is constantly isolating new phages and developing methods for phage isolation and characterization. The information on the phages and bacteria stored in the bank is available online.
KW - Bacteriophage
KW - IBP
KW - Phage bank
KW - Phage database
KW - Phage therapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085274116&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/antibiotics9050269
DO - 10.3390/antibiotics9050269
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AN - SCOPUS:85085274116
SN - 2079-6382
VL - 9
JO - Antibiotics
JF - Antibiotics
IS - 5
M1 - 269
ER -