Isolation of Bacteriophages for Fastidious Bacteria

Methods Mol Biol. 2018:1693:3-10. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7395-8_1.

Abstract

One of the most important factors for successful bacteriophage therapy is, undoubtedly, the isolation of excellent therapeutic candidate bacteriophages. There are only a few reports about active bacteriophages in the fastidious bacteria Helicobacter pylori. In this chapter, we describe a method for isolating and purifying KHP30-like bacteriophages in H. pylori, which have lytic and pseudolysogenic life cycles.

Keywords: Helicobacter pylori; Isolation; KHP30-like bacteriophage; Lytic and pseudolysogenic life cycles; Purification.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriophages / isolation & purification*
  • Bacteriophages / physiology*
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • Helicobacter Infections / therapy
  • Helicobacter pylori / genetics
  • Helicobacter pylori / virology*
  • Humans

Substances

  • DNA, Viral