Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses significant challenges to global health, attributed to their ability to resist multiple antibiotic classes. In the current situation, phage-based biocontrol strategies offer a promising alternative, leveraging their high specificity and efficacy against multidrug-resistant bacteria. The present study reports the phenotypic and genotypic characterizations of three broad-h...

Background Lepidagathis Willd. (Barlerieae, Acanthoideae, Acanthaceae) is a pantropical plant genus with about 156 species. Classification of Lepidagathis and Lophostachys has been under debate for long. The genus is mainly Asian in distribution, followed by Africa, with an odd distribution of over a quarter of its diversity in the Neotropics. Aims Given its pantropical distribution, we hypothesised that this pattern may be du...