Bacteriophages are obligate parasites of bacteria characterized by the breadth of hosts that
they can infect. This “host range” depends on the genotypes and morphologies of the phage …

The host range of a bacteriophage is the taxonomic diversity of hosts it can successfully
infect. Host range, one of the central traits to understand in phages, is determined by a range …

Phage therapy is the use of bacterial viruses as antibacterial agents. A primary
consideration for commercial development of phages for phage therapy is the number of …

The canonical lytic–lysogenic binary has been challenged in recent years, as more
evidence has emerged on alternative bacteriophage infection strategies. These infection …

Antibiotic resistance evolution in bacteria indicates that one of the challenges faced by
phage therapy is that, sooner or later, bacteria will evolve resistance to phages. Evidently …

Bacteriophages (phages) are selective viral predators of bacteria. Abundant and ubiquitous
in nature, phages can be used to treat bacterial infections (phage therapy), including …

Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect bacterial hosts, and since their discovery
over a century ago they have been primarily exploited to control bacterial populations and to …

The use of bacteriophages as antibacterial agents is being actively researched on a global
scale. Typically, the phages used are isolated from the wild by plating on the bacteria of …

Bacteriophages, which lost out to antibiotic therapy in the past, may be poised to make a
comeback. Once discarded because of their narrow activity spectrum, it can now be viewed …

The application of bacteriophages as antibacterial agents has many benefits in the “post-
antibiotic age”. To increase the number of successfully targeted bacterial strains, phage …