Bacteriophages have been the next big thing for several years. Will this be the year phages break through for critical acceptance?
“From a research perspective, product applications and interest have certainly increased,” says Manan Sharma, Ph.D., research microbiologist at the Environmental Microbial & Food Safety Lab, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, based in Beltsville, Md. “There could be more applications, public acceptance and improved methodology going forward.”