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==Endolysins as a Novel Approach to Pest Control==
==Endolysins as a Novel Approach to Pest Control==
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Pest control is an issue that is dealt with all over the globe (Irving, 1970). Despite our best efforts to control infections and other parasites that affect our agriculture, nature has found a way to try to outrun our solutions and treatments (Loessner, 2005b). Current treatments for the many kinds of bacterial pathogens that attack crops are imperfect, ineffective, potentially harmful to the environment, and sometimes just non-existent (Okabe and Goto, 1963) (Segner and Scholthof, 2007). There is a need for a new, smarter approach to pest control.  
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Pest control is an issue that is dealt with all over the globe (Irving, 1970). Despite our best efforts to control infectionsthat affect our agriculture, nature has found a way to try to outrun our solutions and treatments (Loessner, 2005b). Current treatments for the many kinds of bacterial pathogens that attack crops are imperfect, ineffective, potentially harmful to the environment, and sometimes just non-existent (Okabe and Goto, 1963) (Segner and Scholthof, 2007). There is a need for a new, smarter approach to pest control.  
One example of a current treatment is the use of copper on ''Erwinia amylovora''. This treatment has many disadvantages but is still one of the more commonly used methods to treat this bacterium. In addition to the copper treatment's many environmental harms, research has shown that ''Erwinia amylovora'' is finding ways to develop a resistance to the treatments or hide in a state of latency when regulated with copper (Ordax et al., 2006).
One example of a current treatment is the use of copper on ''Erwinia amylovora''. This treatment has many disadvantages but is still one of the more commonly used methods to treat this bacterium. In addition to the copper treatment's many environmental harms, research has shown that ''Erwinia amylovora'' is finding ways to develop a resistance to the treatments or hide in a state of latency when regulated with copper (Ordax et al., 2006).

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