Enzybiotics Antibiotic Enzymes as Drugs and Therapeutics

This book focuses on the state-of-the-art for enzybiotics. It covers the different aspects concerning the knowledge of phages, their lytic enzymes, as well as the use of enzybiotics against fungi; both having possibilities of use in therapy. The different topics are arranged in chapters written by specialists in the different fields.

Thomas G. Villa, PhD, is Full Professor of Microbiology and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Faculty of Pharmacy (Spain). Dr. Villa has written twenty book chapters and over 160 papers. In addition, he has translated into Spanish several microbiology text books. Dr. Villa is regularly engaged in the teaching of microbiology and biotechnology. Patricia Veiga-Crespo, PhD, is Lecturer of Microbiology and works in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she is involved in the study of multi-resistance phenomena and ezybiotics and the teaching of advanced biotechnology and basic microbiology.