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What Causes Phage Plaque Halo?

April 9, 2022

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 infection…

How does a phage based vaccine work?

March 31, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists investigated various types of vaccine production in the hopes of saving the world. Other effective vaccines have been…

Is it possible for bacteria to develop bacteriophage resistance?

March 31, 2022

Bacteriophages are ancient viruses that exclusively parasitize bacteria. They are extremely diverse in their host range and they target bacteria of all different kinds…

Phage Display technology and it’s Application

March 29, 2022

Phage display is a molecular biology technique where bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are genetically modified to express foreign proteins on their surface. This…

Bioluminescence-based Reporter Bacteriophages: New Technology for Monitoring Microbes and Diseases

March 26, 2022

Bacteria and bacteriophage. Photo by Oxford (Article by Pete Wilton) In recent years, the development of bioluminescence-based reporter bacteriophages has revolutionized the monitoring of microbes…

The potential use of Bacteriophage Lysins In the Medical field

March 20, 2022

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 and release…

Are Phages Microbiome-Friendly Therapeutic Approach?

March 4, 2022

Introduction Antibiotics are the most frequently prescribed class of drugs in the US and many other parts of the world. However, they have become…

Can the Bacteriophage Mutants be the Next Generation Carriers for Conjugate Vaccines?

February 26, 2022

Passing through several waves of the deadly pandemic brought the human race into consideration of doing extensive research on vaccines. It is no doubt…

How do bacteriophages transfer antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)?

February 24, 2022

An illustration of ARG transfer by T bacteriophages Because of the rise in antibiotic resistance, effective prevention of pathogens is becoming a pipe dream….

The accessibility of phage therapy services

January 27, 2022

where do people get phage therapy? Despite the reinstated attention it has gained in recent years, Phage therapy is still limited to only some…