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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
Dr. Gill's major research focus is the biology and application of the viruses of bacteria, called bacteriophages or simply phages.  Phages are the most abundant organisms on Earth, and they are found ubiquitously in water, soil, and as part of the microbial flora of animals and plants.  As natural predators of bacteria, phages are attractive agents for the control of pathogenic bacteria in humans, animals, and foods.  The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria, and the desire to curtail use of antibiotics in animal agriculture, has sparked interest in the use of phages as antimicrobials.  Research in Dr. Gill's lab encompasses phage genomics, basic phage biology and the applications of phages in real-world settings.

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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United States Food And Drug Administration

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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1.5 Resources And Infrastructure (underpinning)

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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Networking And Information Technology R&d (nitrd)

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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Health Disparities And Racial Or Ethnic Minority Health Research

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3205 Medical Biochemistry And Metabolomics

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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3102 Bioinformatics And Computational Biology

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Brock University - (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)

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University of Guelph - (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

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Brock University - (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella aerogenes Siphophage Solomon.

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Development and Use of Personalized Bacteriophage-Based Therapeutic Cocktails To Treat a Patient with a Disseminated Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Infection.

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Genome-wide screens reveal Escherichia coli genes required for growth of T1-like phage LL5 and V5-like phage LL12.

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Critically important antibiotics: criteria and approaches for measuring and reducing their use in food animal agriculture.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg Siphophage Sepoy.

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The habits of highly effective phages: population dynamics as a framework for identifying therapeutic phages.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Xanthomonas Siphophage Samson.

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Phage of sulfate reducing bacteria isolated from high saline environment

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Phage remediation of microbe-induced corrosion

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Siphophage Shemara.

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Evaluation of Commercial Prototype Bacteriophage Intervention Designed for Reducing O157 and Non-O157 Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) on Beef Cattle Hide.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Burkholderia cenocepacia Phage Magia.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Myophage Mooltan.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Proteus mirabilis Phage Mydo.

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A Longitudinal Study on the Dynamics of Salmonella enterica Prevalence and Serovar Composition in Beef Cattle Feces and Lymph Nodes and Potential Contributing Sources from the Feedlot Environment.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Burkholderia gladioli Myophage Mana.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Siphophage Seabear.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Siphophage Siskin.

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Genomic and functional analyses of Rhodococcus equi phages ReqiPepy6, ReqiPoco6, ReqiPine5, and ReqiDocB7.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Myophage Matapan.

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Solvent Extraction of Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteriophage Lysates with 1-Dodecanol Results in Endotoxin Reduction with Low Risk of Solvent Contamination.

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PRISM: A platform for illuminating viral dark matter

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Podophage Pone.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Sin4, a Siphophage Infecting Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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Revised Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriophage K.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Myophage Magnus.

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Characterization of a Novel Tectivirus Phage Toil and Its Potential as an Agent for Biolipid Extraction.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Siphophage Seifer.

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Effect of chronic and acute enterotoxigenic E. coli challenge on growth performance, intestinal inflammation, microbiome, and metabolome of weaned piglets.

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A broad host range tailocin from Burkholderia

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Molecular typing and distribution of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Eastern Canadian dairy herds.

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Bacteriophages and phage-derived products as antibacterial therapeutics

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Complete Genome Sequence of Citrobacter freundii Myophage Maleficent.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Jumbo Phage Miami.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Siphophage Skate.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Siphophage Sanco.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg Myophage Meda.

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Novel Klebsiella pneumoniae Phage Marfa.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Proteus mirabilis Phage Myduc.

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Comparative Genomics of Three Novel Lytic Jumbo Bacteriophages Infecting Staphylococcus aureus

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Myophage May.

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Comparison of 2 fixatives in the porcine colon for in situ microbiota studies.

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Dual-function oleaginous biocatalysts for non-sterile cultivation and solvent-free biolipid bioextraction to reduce biolipid-based biofuel production costs.

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Crowdsourcing biocuration: the Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies (CACAO)

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Revised genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage K

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Role of phages in the pathogenesis of Burkholderia, or 'Where are the toxin genes in Burkholderia phages?'.

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Genomic and Biochemical Characterization of Acinetobacter Podophage Petty Reveals a Novel Lysis Mechanism and Tail-Associated Depolymerase Activity.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Siphophage Shelanagig.

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Crowdsourcing biocuration: The Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies (CACAO).

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Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Phage Paul.

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Efficacy of bacteriophage therapy in a model of Burkholderia cenocepacia pulmonary infection.

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Comparative Genomics of Three Novel Jumbo Bacteriophages Infecting Staphylococcus aureus.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella aerogenes Myophage Metamorpho.

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Differential Bacteriophage Efficacy in Controlling Salmonella in Cattle Hide and Soil Models.

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Cultivation of lipid-producing bacteria with lignocellulosic biomass: effects of inhibitory compounds of lignocellulosic hydrolysates.

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Bacteriophage treatment is effective against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) in a neutropenic murine model of gastrointestinal translocation and renal infection.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Siphophage LL5.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Myophage Mutine.

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Coding-Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Podophage Portland.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Siphophage Sebago.

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New Insights into the Structure and Assembly of Bacteriophage P1.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Newport Myophage Melville.

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Bacteriophage Treatment against Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) in a Neutropenic Murine Model of Gastrointestinal Translocation and Renal infection

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Phage Milagro: a platform for engineering a broad host range virulent phage for Burkholderia.

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Prevalence and Characterization of Salmonella enterica and Salmonella Bacteriophages Recovered from Beef Cattle Feedlots in South Texas.

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The multicomponent antirestriction system of phage P1 is linked to capsid morphogenesis.

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Phage-based extraction of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) produced from synthetic crude glycerol.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Myophage Mangalitsa.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Vibrio natriegens Phage Phriendly.

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Bovine whey proteins inhibit the interaction of Staphylococcus aureus and bacteriophage K.

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Complete Whole Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli Surrogate Strains and Comparison of Sequence Methods with Application to the Food Industry.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Myophage Muenster.

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Genome-wide Screens Reveal Escherichia Coli Genes Required for Growth of T1-like Phage LL5 and rV5-like Phage LL12

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DNA Packaging and Genomics of the Salmonella 9NA-Like Phages.

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Bacteriophages of wastewater foaming-associated filamentous Gordonia reduce host levels in raw activated sludge.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Siphophage Skenny.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Citrobacter freundii Myophage Mijalis.

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Genomes and characterization of phages Bcep22 and BcepIL02, founders of a novel phage type in Burkholderia cenocepacia.

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Efficacy and pharmacokinetics of bacteriophage therapy in treatment of subclinical Staphylococcus aureus mastitis in lactating dairy cattle.

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Effects of zinc bacitracin, bird age and access to range on bacterial microbiota in the ileum and caeca of broiler chickens.

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Galaxy and Apollo as a biologist-friendly interface for high-quality cooperative phage genome annotation.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas Phage Pokken.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Myophage LL12.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Podophage Pylas.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Proteus mirabilis Siphophage Saba.

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From farm management to bacteriophage therapy: strategies to reduce antibiotic use in animal agriculture.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Citrobacter freundii Siphophage Sazh.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Podophage LL11.

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Prevalence and Characterization of Salmonella enterica and Salmonella Bacteriophages Recovered from Beef Cattle Feedlots in South Texas

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MICROBIOLOGY. Phage therapy redux--What is to be done?

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Phage choice, isolation, and preparation for phage therapy.

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The Caulobacter crescentus phage phiCbK: genomics of a canonical phage.

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Development and Characterization of a Weaned Pig Model of Shiga ToxinProducing E. coli-Induced Gastrointestinal Disease

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Complete Genome Sequence of Burkholderia cenocepacia Phage Mica.

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Comparative genomics of Acinetobacter baumannii and therapeutic bacteriophages from a patient undergoing phage therapy.

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Development and Validation of a Microtiter Plate-Based Assay for Determination of Bacteriophage Host Range and Virulence.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Burkholderia cenocepacia Phage Paku.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Myophage Menlow.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Siphophage Sugarland.

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Preliminary Characterization of Phage-Like Particles from the Male-Killing Mollicute Spiroplasma poulsonii (an Endosymbiont of Drosophila).

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Complete Genome Sequence of Shelby, a Siphophage Infecting Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

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Preliminary Characterization of Phage-like Particles from the Male-Killing Mollicute Spiroplasma poulsonii (an Endosymbiont of Drosophila)

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Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Myophage Maine.

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Characterization of bacterial populations recovered from the teat canals of lactating dairy and beef cattle by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.

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Therapeutic Potential of Intravenous Phage as Standalone Therapy for Recurrent Drug-Resistant Urinary Tract Infections.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Myophage Mineola.

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Genomic and biological analysis of phage Xfas53 and related prophages of Xylella fastidiosa.

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Complete Genome Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Phage Sweeny.

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Intra-individual diversity of bacteriophage susceptibility in Burkholderia cultured from cystic fibrosis sputum.

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Implementing Galaxy for Community-based Phage Genomics

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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NIH Clinical Center and the Center for Phage Technology

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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The Twort-like bacteriophages of Staphylococcus aureus: paradigm phages for novel therapeutics

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Bacteriophage biology and the control of pathogenic bacteria.

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Animal Science; 2471 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# etdChairOf[].label
Piya, Denish Kumar (2018-12). Interactions between Host and Phage Encoded Factors Shape Phage Infection. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Xie, Yicheng (2018-12). Identifying and Characterizing Bacteriophages Capable of Inactivating Salmonella Isolated from Environmental Samples as a Pre-Harvest Antimicrobial Intervention. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sprayberry, Sarah Regan (2018-05). Development of a Weaned Pig Model of Enterotoxigenic E.coli-induced Environmental Enteropathy. Master's Thesis.