CPC A61K 35/76 (2013.01) [C12N 7/00 (2013.01); C12N 2795/00043 (2013.01); C12N 2820/55 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. An engineered bacteriophage capable of binding to a commensal bacterium and inserting its genome polynucleotide into the commensal bacterium, but incapable of producing progeny, incapable of carrying out a lysogenic cycle and incapable of carrying out a lytic cycle within the commensal bacterium, wherein the engineered bacteriophage comprises a genome polynucleotide including at least one gene encoding at least one heterologous antigen(s) under the control of a promoter and the genome polynucleotide is engineered to delete all genes encoding lytic machinery proteins.
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