Filamentous bacteriophage, long and thin filaments that are secreted from the host cells
without killing them, have been an antithesis to the standard view of head-and-tail bacterial …

This review synthesizes recent and past observations on filamentous phages and describes
how these phages contribute to host phentoypes. For example, the CTXφ phage of Vibrio …

Phage display was first described by George P. Smith when it was shown that virus particles
were capable of presenting foreign proteins on their surface. The technology has paved the …

Microbial surface and secreted proteins (the secretome) contain a large number of proteins
that interact with other microbes, host and/or environment. These proteins are exported by …

The closely related Escherichia coli Ff filamentous phages (f1, fd, and M13) have taken a
fantastic journey over the past 60 years, from the urban sewerage from which they were first …

In order to cause colonization and invasive disease, pathogenic bacteria secrete proteins
that modulate host immune defences. Identification and characterization of these proteins …

Carbohydrates are attached and removed in living systems through the action of
carbohydrate‐active enzymes such as glycosyl transferases and glycoside hydrolases. The …

F-specific filamentous phage of Escherichia coli (Ff: f1, M13, or fd) are long thin filaments
(860 nm× 6 nm). They have been a major workhorse in display technologies and …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis disease (TB), the
leading cause of death from bacterial infection worldwide. Although treatable, the …

By providing useful tools to study host–pathogen interactions, next-generation omics has
recently enabled the study of gene expression changes in both pathogen and infected host …