Bacteriophages in a sentence

Bacteriophages, or phages, were first discovered and used to treat infection about a century ago.

These tiny polymer particles not only release chemicals but also reduce the number of bacteriophages.

Bacteriophages (or “phages”) are viruses that infect and destroy specific bacteria.

Additionally, there have been numerous animal and other experimental clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of bacteriophages for various diseases, such as infected burns and wounds, and cystic fibrosis associated lung infections, among others.

Another paper has also suggested that herpesviruses originated amoung the bacteriophages.

Bacteriophage genome sequences can be obtained through direct sequencing of isolated bacteriophages, but can also be derived as part of microbial genomes.

Bacteriophages lend themselves to experiments on hereditary material because they incorporate their genetic material into their host cell's genetic material (making them useful tools), they multiply quickly, and they are easily collected by researchers.

Carmoviruses, dianthoviruses, flaviviruses, pestiviruses, tombusviruses, single-stranded RNA bacteriophages, hepatitis C virus and a subset of luteoviruses (barley yellow dwarf virus)—the flavi like group (Flavivirata).

Further research was necessary to conclude that it was solely bacteriophages' DNA that entered the cell and not a combination of protein and DNA where the protein did not contain any sulfur.

Hershey and Chase inserted the radioactive elements into the bacteriophages by adding the isotopes to separate media within which bacteria were allowed to grow for 4 hours before bacteriophage introduction.

Hershey and Chase showed that the introduction of deoxyribonuclease (referred to as DNase ), an enzyme that breaks down DNA, into a solution containing the labeled bacteriophages did not introduce any 32 P into the solution.

However, bacteriophages are not organisms because they lack metabolism and depend on functions of the host cells for propagation.

Mycobacteriophages – bacteriophages with mycobacterial hosts – have provided excellent examples of this mosaicism.

On morphological grounds they appear to be related to the bacteriophages—specifically the Caudoviruses.

Other applications for bacteriophages are as biocides for environmental surfaces, e.g., in hospitals, and as preventative treatments for catheters and medical devices before use in clinical settings.

Phage-ligand technology makes use of proteins, which are identified from bacteriophages, characterized and recombinantly expressed for various applications such as binding of bacteria and bacterial components (e.g. endotoxin ) and lysis of bacteria.

Prolate This is an icosahedron elongated along the fivefold axis and is a common arrangement of the heads of bacteriophages.

Several dsDNA bacteriophages and the herpesviruses encode a powerful ATP driven DNA translocating machine that encapsidates a viral genome into a preformed capsid shell or prohead.

The existence of viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages) was first recognized by Frederick Twort in 1911, and, independently, by Félix d'Herelle in 1917.

The lack of 32 P labeled DNA remaining in the solution after the bacteriophages had been allowed to absorb to the bacteria showed that the phage DNA was transferred into the bacterial cell.