The inherent ability of bacteriophages (phages) to infect specific bacterial hosts makes them
ideal candidates to develop into antimicrobial agents for pathogen-specific remediation in …

The phage life cycle is a multi-stage process initiated by the recognition and attachment of
the virus to its bacterial host. This adsorption step depends on the specific interaction …

Nowadays, bacteriophages are increasingly considered as an alternative treatment for a
variety of bacterial infections in cases where classical antibiotics have become ineffective …

The increasing problem of antibiotic-resistant pathogens has put enormous pressure on
healthcare providers to reduce the application of antibiotics and to identify alternative …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) encompasses industrially relevant bacteria involved in food
fermentations as well as health-promoting members of our autochthonous microbiota. In the …

Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of infections in humans. The emergence of
virulent, antibiotic-resistant strains of S. aureus is a significant public health concern. Most …

The biological functions of bacteriophage virions come down to the solution of three basic
problems: to provide protection of viral nucleic acid from the factors of extracellular …

Bacteriophages can play beneficial roles in phage therapy and destruction of food
pathogens. Conversely, they play negative roles as they infect bacteria involved in …

Highlights•Siphophage tails share a common core architecture despite great sequence
diversity.•Myophage tails and phage-related injection systems also share the same …

In 2021, the release of AlphaFold2-the DeepMind's machine-learning protein structure
prediction program-revolutionized structural biology. Results of the CASP14 contest were an …