Targeting mechanisms of tailed bacteriophages

FL Nobrega, M Vlot, PA De Jonge… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Phages differ substantially in the bacterial hosts that they infect. Their host range is
determined by the specific structures that they use to target bacterial cells. Tailed phages …

Contractile injection systems of bacteriophages and related systems

NMI Taylor, MJ van Raaij, PG Leiman - Molecular microbiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Contractile tail bacteriophages, or myobacteriophages, use a sophisticated biomolecular
structure to inject their genome into the bacterial host cell. This structure consists of a …

[图书][B] Practical handbook of microbiology

LH Green, E Goldman - 2021 - books.google.com
Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Isolation and characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophage vB_VpaS_PG07

T Ding, H Sun, Q Pan, F Zhao, Z Zhang, H Ren - Virus research, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel bacteriophage vB_VpaS_PG07 (hereafter designated PG07) that infects Vibrio
parahaemolyticus was isolated. The bacteriophage was examined by transmission electron …

T4-related bacteriophage LIMEstone isolates for the control of soft rot on potato caused by 'Dickeya solani'

EM Adriaenssens, J Van Vaerenbergh… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The bacterium 'Dickeya solani', an aggressive biovar 3 variant of Dickeya dianthicola,
causes rotting and blackleg in potato. To control this pathogen using bacteriophage therapy …

Bacteriophage cocktail significantly reduces Escherichia coli O157: H7 contamination of lettuce and beef, but does not protect against recontamination

CD Carter, A Parks, T Abuladze, M Li, J Woolston… - …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Foods contaminated with Escherichia coli O157: H7 cause more than 63,000 foodborne
illnesses in the United States every year, resulting in a significant economic impact on …

Bacteriophages: the possible solution to treat infections caused by pathogenic bacteria

A El-Shibiny, S El-Sahhar - Canadian journal of microbiology, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Since their discovery in 1915, bacteriophages have been used to treat bacterial infections in
animals and humans because of their unique ability to infect their specific bacterial hosts …

Structure and genome release of Twort-like Myoviridae phage with a double-layered baseplate

J Nováček, M Šiborová, M Benešík… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Bacteriophages from the family Myoviridae use double-layered contractile tails to infect
bacteria. Contraction of the tail sheath enables the tail tube to penetrate through the …

Structure and function of the branched receptor-binding complex of bacteriophage CBA120

M Plattner, MM Shneider, NP Arbatsky… - Journal of molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacteriophages recognize their host cells with the help of tail fiber and tailspike proteins that
bind, cleave, or modify certain structures on the cell surface. The spectrum of ligands to …

Bacteriophages: From isolation to application

A Abdelsattar, A Dawoud, S Makky… - Current …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Bacteriophages are considered as a potential alternative to fight pathogenic bacteria during
the antibiotic resistance era. With their high specificity, they are widely used in various …