Nathan Berry ’25 and Marly Cassford ’25
Genomic sequences of Mycobacterium smegmatis A3 cluster phages LBerry and Pembroke
Nathan Berry ’25, Biochemistry major
Marly Cassford ’25, Biochemistry major
Faculty mentor: Dr. Kathleen Cornely, Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Mycobacterium genus of bacteria includes increasingly antibiotic-resistant human pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium abscessus. With the growing occurrence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens constituting a global threat to public health, phage therapy has recently been employed as an alternative treatment strategy. Some phages isolated using the nonpathogenic bacterial host M. smegmatis also infect pathogenic Mycobacteria, and these phages can potentially be used in phage therapy.
Poster Presentation: Wednesday, April 23, 1:30 – 3 p.m.
