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US 9,068,159 B2Granted
Bacteriophage and their uses
AssigneeMicreos B.V.
InventorsKeith Holland, Richard Bojar, David West
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Abstract
There is provided a bacteriophage capable of lysing a P. acnes bacterium and incapable of lysing a bacterium which is not P. acnes, and which is incapable of sustaining lysogeny in a bacterium. There is also provided a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a bacteriophage.
Claims11
An isolated bacteriophage capable of lysing a P. acnes bacterium and incapable of lysing any bacterium which is not P. acnes, and which is incapable of sustaining lysogeny in a bacterium, wherein the bacteriophage has a genome which comprises the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:4;
- or wherein the bacteriophage is 103672 (Accession no. NCIMB 41351).
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