Research: Antibiotics Can Alter the Infectivity of Bacteriophages
Antibiotics are drugs that help fight bacterial infections. Recently, scientists have discovered...
Halteria: The first known virus-eating organisms
In the microscopic world, some bacteria have been observed to feed on other bacteria, and viruses have been observed to infect bacteria....
Phage mediated biocontrol of phytopathogens
ⒸBIOTEC Phytopathogens have always been a barrier to the agricultural industry’s ability to meet rising food demands. Annual crop...
Jumbo phage chimallin (ChmA) protein: The answer to CRISPR-Cas bacterial defense system?
Loughlin et, 2020 Jumbo phages are bacteriophages (phages) with genetic information (genomes)...
Game Theory between Bacteriophages and Pathogens
Phage inserts DNA content into the bacteria.©Raphael Hans Lwesya Game theory is widely used to analyze economic and social behaviors....
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...
How does a phage based vaccine work?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists investigated various types of vaccine production in...
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...
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...
Can the Bacteriophage Mutants be the Next Generation Carriers for Conjugate Vaccines?
Passing through several waves of the deadly pandemic brought the human race into consideration of...
