Bacteriophages are viruses that selectively target and kill bacteria. They are abundant, commonly occurring natural entities ...

When multiple phages attached themselves to a bacterial cell, fewer of them were able to even enter the cell, let alone cause ...

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).

This kit utilizes a rapid spin column method to purify total DNA from a wide range of bacteriophages cultured in liquid-grown ...

Phage receptors are often identified by mutations that make the bacteria resistant to phage lysis. The Phage Receptor Database (PhReD) provides a useful repository of known receptors on host cell ...

Eventually, new bacteriophages assemble and burst out of the bacterium in a process called lysis. Bacteriophages occasionally remove a portion of their host cells' bacterial DNA during the ...

Smith's team designed oligonucleotides to mutate the phage lysis gene; these were annealed to phage DNA, and polymerase was used to generate complete double-stranded molecules, which were ...

Because phages exert pressure on the bacteria they infect and some phage genomes encode virulence factors and toxins, a role for specific phages or communities of phages in human health seems ...

The gut microbiome and diet are important factors in the pathogenesis and management of Crohn's disease (CD). However, the role of the gut phageome under dietary influences is unknown.We aim to ...

A female patient at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) was successfully treated with viruses, one of which was taken from the ...