Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0063078

Zusammenfassung

Research on phages is one of the most rapidly evolving fields of applied life sciences, mainly due to the potential of the bacterial viruses to act as an alternative to antibiotics and fight multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. In therapy, phages are applied as cocktails comprising many different isolates to ensure high pathogen eradication efficacy, but possible viral interplay within the cocktail is currently not considered. This project aims to explore how viruses behave during a heterogenic infection and whether they actively compete for the host's limited resources, and how do...