Bacteriophages offer unique benefits for the specific control of Erwinia amylovora, the
causative agent of fire blight in pome fruit. Unfortunately, the majority of described phages …

Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that mainly infect bacteria and are ubiquitously
distributed in nature, especially to their host. Phage engineering involves nucleic acids …

In a survey of a waterway on Wurundjeri land, two sub-populations of the bacteriophage
Merri-merri-uth nyilam marra-natj (phage MMNM) were isolated on a permissive host …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are crucial for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria
and facilitate their rapid evolution and adaptation. MGEs include plasmids, integrative and …

Bacteriophages infect and replicate within bacteria and play a key role in the environment,
particularly in microbial ecosystems and bacterial population dynamics. The increasing …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been declared one of the top 10 global public health
challenges of our age by the World Health Organization, and the World Bank describes AMR …

Escherichia coli and its bacteriophages are among the most studied model microorganisms.
Bacteriophages for various E. coli strains can typically be easily isolated from environmental …

Earth is inhabited by numerous adaptations of cellular forms shaped by the persistent
scrutiny of natural selection. Thus, as natural selection has fixed beneficial adaptations of …

Erwinia amylovora, the primary causative agent of blight disease in rosaceous plants, poses
a significant threat to agricultural yield worldwide, with limited effective countermeasures …

Research on bacteriophages, the viruses infecting bacteria, has fueled the development of
modern molecular biology and inspired their therapeutic application to combat bacterial …