Phages are much more targetted and specific than an antibiotic. They can be developed for specific bacterial targets (e.g. listeria, e.coli, etc) and they are

Phages are much more targetted and specific than an antibiotic. They can be developed for specific bacterial targets (e.g. listeria, e.coli, etc) and they are in fact used in the food industry for such purposes, but this same specificity in bacterial targets also seems to mean that they are less applicable in general medical applications.