A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages ...

A novel use has been found for the biotechnologist's ubiquitous laboratory tool—the bacteriophage. Bacteriophages naturally infect and kill bacteria, but researchers have now identified a deadly ...

They thrive on the abundant biopolymer lignocellulose, depending upon a phy-logenetically diverse community of hindgut microbes including Bacteria, Archaea, and unicellular amitochondriate Eukarya for ...

a virus parasitic on bacteria,” he wrote. He named it bacteriophage, derived from two Greek words and meaning “bacteria devouring.” Early on, phages held much promise in conquering many of ...

An artistic depiction of a jumbo phage infecting a bacterium, with the EPI vesicle (circle) shown protecting the phage DNA material, which is preparing to form a nucleus by synthesizing RNA ...

In a growing global trend, bacteria are evolving new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections.

Larry Gold upon his arrival at the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. Starting with basic research on bacteria and bacteriophage, the lab shifted its focus to human disease ...

With antimicrobial resistance rising as one of the world's most pressing health threats, the 8th World Congress on Targeting ...

The team then synthesized a lysin from a bacteriophage, or virus that attacks bacteria, that infects S. hominis. During in vitro experiments, this lysin was found to target only S. hominis ...

The research focuses on the marine bacterium Synechococcus and its interaction with the bacteriophage Syn9. Synechococcus, a ...