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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Effects of lytic bacteriophages of the families Herelleviridae and Rountreeviridae on the Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

About authors

Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Narina K. Abdraimova
Malaya Pirogovskaya, 1а, Moscow, 119435, Russia; moc.liamg@aniranavomiardba

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant No. 22-15-00443, https://rscf.ru/project/22-15-00443/

Author contribution: Abdraimova NK — study plan, data acquisition and processing, manuscript writing; Shitikov EA, Kornienko MA — study plan, data processing, manuscript writing; Malakhova MV — data acquisition and processing; Gorodnichev RB — study plan, data acquisition and processing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was compliant with the guidelines SP 1.3.2322-08 "Safety of Working with Microorganisms of III—IV Groups of Pathogenicity (Danger) and Causative Agents of Parasitic Diseases"; guidelines SP 1.3.2518-09 “Additions and Amendments No. 1 to the guidelines SP 1.3.2322-08 "Safety of Working With Microorganisms of III—IV Groups of Pathogenicity (Danger) and Causative Agents of Parasitic Diseases"; guidelines "Sanitary and Epidemiologic Requirements for the Handling of Medical Waste" (SanPiN 2.1.7.2790-10), as well as Federal Clinical Guidelines "Rational Use of Bacteriophages in Clinical and Epidemiological Practice".

Received: 2024-11-14 Accepted: 2024-11-30 Published online: 2024-12-24
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