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Phagemids: Phage plasmid hybrid vector
Due to its development as a hybrid of filamentous phage and plasmids, a phagemid is a cloning vector that can grow as…
Author: Raphael Hans Lwesya
Raphael Hans Lwesya is a PhD researcher and science communicator focused on bacteriophages, microbiology, and bioinformatics. He is the founder of The Phage, a platform dedicated to phage research, news, protocols and job opportunities.
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Top 4 most used Phage Display Systems (The Phage blog)
The most often utilized bacteriophages in phage display are filamentous bacteriophages from E. coli (f1, fd, and M13), while T4, T7, and…
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Inoviridae (Filamentous phages): Bacteriophages with a unique replication cycle
Bacteriophage is a term used to describe viruses that infect bacteria and archaea. While most phages are ‘micro predators’ that kill their…
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Game Theory between Bacteriophages and Pathogens
Game theory is widely used to analyze economic and social behaviours. Game theory is also used to analyze biological behaviour as well,…
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Are Bacteriophages (Phages) DNA Or RNA Viruses?
DNA and RNA. Credit Gabriela Slizewska A bacteriophage, also known as a phage, is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria…
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What do Bacteriophage Diagrams Look Like? (Morphological classification of bacteriophages)
Note: This article discusses the former morphological classification system of bacteriophages. This system is no longer used and has been replaced by…
PHAGE RESISTANCE
How bacteria’s programed cell death stop phage infection spread in the population
Programmed cell death (PCD), sometimes termed apoptosis refers to any form of cell death mediated by an intracellular death program. Apoptosis is more precisely…
PHAGE THERAPY
What are the disadvantages of using phage therapy?
Bacteriophage therapy is gaining widespread attention as a result of the global superbug crisis. Superbugs are bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics;…
FOOD SAFETY
Phage technology can help to fight food poisoning
Food poisoning has recently dominated the terror world; some major news outlets reported that some pathogens are unstoppable even in first-world countries…
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Best places to find phages (bacteriophages)
The phrase “Bacteria are everywhere” is commonly used to describe the prevalence of bacteria in our environment. Some people believe they are…