Figure 1: Example structure of a bacteriophage. Credit: Technology Networks. In order to reproduce, phage must first enter the host cell. They bind to specific receptors on the bacterial cell surface ...

These microbial towns are also home to bacteria’s nemeses: bacteriophages. These viruses ... see a future where we're able to introduce [specific] phages into [the built] structure to allow for ...

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ...

A new threat now looms. In a recent publication in Science, we joined an esteemed list of researchers in raising the alarm about risks of ongoing efforts to create ‘mirror life’. If created, mirror ...

(a) Overall structure of PHAb8 monomer ... but new options for treating antimicrobial resistance in the clinic remain to be seen. Bacteriophage-derived peptidoglycan hydrolases (i.e., lysins) have ...

Boyd English is the first patient in Western Canada to have the pain in his hip treated with bacteriophages. That’s using viruses to kill bacteria. English broke his hip in 1973 and got a hip ...

The bacteriophage has been isolated from soil at a bird colony north of Cape Flora on the West Northbrook Island, the Franz Josef Land Archipelago ARKHANGELSK, December, 12. /TASS/. Russian ...

coli, listeria and other frequent testing targets. The test uses harmless bacteriophages embedded in the gel to locate target bacteria in a sample of fluid such as lake water, urine or a container ...