Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Some phages follow a lytic life cycle where they inject their DNA into the host cell and hijack its mechanisms to reproduce. When the number of ...

Bacteriophages are viruses that solely and selectively target and kill bacteria, and are being proposed as an alternative to antibiotics, able to offer highly-selective activity against pathogens ...

University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against phages—viruses that infect them. In a study published in Nature Microbiology ...

However, an equally fascinating but lesser-known phenomenon is the ongoing battle between bacteria and bacteriophages—viruses that specifically target and infect bacteria. This struggle ...

A newly discovered bacteriophage with the potential to save ... according to the statement. Phages are viruses that precisely target and kill bacteria, which can offer “a potential solution ...

Researchers are investigating whether certain viruses known as bacteriophages, or phages, which specifically infect bacteria but not human cells, affect the development of type 1 diabetes in young ...

Bacteria navigate tradeoffs between phage resistance and interbacterial competition. This study reveals that while LPS ...

The belief that the Ganga River possesses self-purifying properties due to the presence of bacteriophages has come under scrutiny. Renowned hepatologist Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, widely recognized ...

A newly developed laboratory tool can, within hours, help to identify specific viruses which can be used to destroy variants of the dangerous pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.

Plant viruses: Chitosan elicits systemic resistance and disrupts virus replication in crops. Bacteriophage viruses: Chitosan inhibits phage infections by altering viral morphology and reducing ...

He is exploring strategies to increase immune responses against HPV infections, using platforms such as bacteriophage virus-like particles (VLPs). Dr. Tumban has observed that the display site of an ...