A bacteriophage attaches itself to a susceptible bacterium and infects the host cell. Following infection, the bacteriophage hijacks the bacterium's cellular machinery to prevent it from producing ...

If the infecting phage is virulent, the infection follows a lytic cycle, or for temperate phages ... is a one-size-fits-all pre-defined formulation that consists of several bacteriophage strains, ...

The researchers found, however, that some strains of bacteria appeared to be less vulnerable to bacteriophage infections than others and resisted the hijacking of their cell machinery by ...

They have begun to look deeper into an intriguing class of large bacteriophage known as ... for the Chimalliviridae's normal life cycle and infection process.

It is important to understand factors at play early in the infection cycle, when the phage finds and binds to bacterial cell surface, Antani said. This key initial step is called "phage attachment." ...

Biliary tract infections (BTI), often linked to structural abnormalities like bile duct stones, pose significant treatment challenges due to drug-resistant bacteria like Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Phage ...

Similar to the lytic cycle, the lysogenic cycle is ... entails lowering the need for higher or multiple bacteriophage dosage to cure bacterial infection. The fast distribution of bacteriophages ...