Community post

Md. Shamim Ahasan and colleagues at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia have published a study comparing phage therapy to antibiotics in treating gut dysbiosis in endangered green turtles. They found that phages (isolated from sewage on turtle gut strains) reduced the targeted Acinetobacter, but did not otherwise significantly alter the microbiota. Antibiotics also reduced Acinetobacter load, but also led to microbiome disruption. Paper | Press release