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…
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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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…
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How are bacteriophages (phages) produced?
Three types of phages are used to prepare diluted solutions in a French hospital (ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP / Getty) How are…
Know your phage
What Causes Phage Plaque Halo?
What is plaque halo? Plaque halo refers to the partial-turbid clearance surrounding the original phage-induced clearance of the bacterial lawn. Not every…
PHAGE THERAPY
How does a phage based vaccine work?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists investigated various types of vaccine production in the hopes of saving the world. Other effective vaccines…
PHAGE RESISTANCE
Is it possible for bacteria to develop bacteriophage resistance?
Bacteriophages are ancient viruses that exclusively parasitize bacteria. They are extremely diverse in their host range and they target bacteria of all…
Laboratory procedure
Phage Display technology and it’s Application
Phage display is a molecular biology technique where bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are genetically modified to express foreign proteins on their…
Synthetic Biology
Bioluminescence-based Reporter Bacteriophages: New Technology for Monitoring Microbes and Diseases
Bacteria and bacteriophage. Photo by Oxford (Article by Pete Wilton) In recent years, the development of bioluminescence-based reporter bacteriophages has revolutionized the monitoring…
AMR
The potential use of Bacteriophage Lysins In the Medical field
Structure of gram-negative bacteriophage lysin. credit Fischetti (2019) Phage lysins are specialized hydrolytic cell wall enzymes that are used to rupture phage-infected bacteria…
AMR
Are Phages Microbiome-Friendly Therapeutic Approach?
Introduction Antibiotics are the most frequently prescribed class of drugs in the US and many other parts of the world. However, they…