蛭弧菌研究进展

Progress in Research of Bdellovibrio

摘要:

蛭弧菌（Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus）是一类专性捕食革兰氏阴性菌的寄生细菌，在自然界分布广泛。蛭弧菌研究集中在蛭弧菌分类和基因组分析上，并以此指导蛭弧菌噬菌机制的研究，同时在生态学研究方面也有进展。蛭弧菌的噬菌性质可能作为一种行使杀菌功能的“活抗生素”成为目前研究热点。但在应用方面还存在一些需进一步研究和解决的问题。

Abstract:

Bdellovibrio is a kind of predatory bacteria that invade the other Gram-negative bacteria. It acts just like phages and it's abundant in existence. Recently, foreign researchers begin to focus on Bdellovibrio. The researches about Bdellovibrio focus on the aspects below: the taxonomy of BALOs, the genome analysis and phagocytosis mechanism of Bdellovibrio, the ecology of Bdellovibrio. Meanwhile, the phagocytosis of Bdellovibrio makes the researchers take interest in the application of using it as therapeutic agents, and lots of works have been done. They have found some problems in the application as well. Plenty of researches which are about the phagocytosis mechanism and application have to be done in the future.