The enzymes produced by the phage gradually weaken the bacterial cell wall and eventually the bacterial cells lyse, releasing on average 100-200 phage progeny into the surrounding environment. Due to ...

Biliary tract infections (BTI), often linked to structural abnormalities like bile duct stones, pose significant treatment challenges due to drug-resistant bacteria like Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Phage ...

Depending on the life cycle of the phage, this lysis can occur either soon after the initiation of infection (lytic cycle) or instead following lengthy periods of delay (lysogenic cycle).

Restriction enzymes are one of the most important tools ... Human had shown that various phages were host specific, with each phage surviving and flourishing only in one host bacterial strain ...

Enzymes catalyze nearly all of the chemical ... Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are common in bacteria and archaea and contribute to phage defense. Here, the authors structurally and biochemically ...

This important study analyzes the effect of heat treatment on phage-bacterial interactions and convincingly shows that prior heat exposure alters the bacterial cell envelope, enhancing persistence and ...