Top 4 most used Phage Display Systems (The Phage blog) July 4, 2022 The most often utilized bacteriophages in phage display are filamentous bacteriophages from E. coli (f1, fd, and M13), while T4, T7, and phage have…
Inoviridae (Filamentous phages): Bacteriophages with a unique replication cycle July 3, 2022 Bacteriophage is a term used to describe viruses that infect bacteria and archaea. While most phages are ‘micro predators’ that kill their bacterial hosts,…
Game Theory between Bacteriophages and Pathogens May 19, 2022 Game theory is widely used to analyze economic and social behaviours. Game theory is also used to analyze biological behaviour as well, just as…
Are Bacteriophages (Phages) DNA Or RNA Viruses? May 11, 2022 DNA and RNA. Credit Gabriela Slizewska A bacteriophage, also known as a phage, is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea….
What do Bacteriophage Diagrams Look Like? (Morphological classification of bacteriophages) May 4, 2022 What do bacteriophages look like? In both academic and non-academic contexts around the world, a well-shaped particle with a clearly separated head, tail (neck,…
Best places to find phages (bacteriophages) April 12, 2022 The phrase “Bacteria are everywhere” is commonly used to describe the prevalence of bacteria in our environment. Some people believe they are the most…
How are bacteriophages (phages) produced? April 12, 2022 Three types of phages are used to prepare diluted solutions in a French hospital (ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP / Getty) How are phage products…
What Causes Phage Plaque Halo? April 9, 2022 What is plaque halo? Plaque halo refers to the partial-turbid clearance surrounding the original phage-induced clearance of the bacterial lawn. Not every phage infection…
Phage Display technology and it’s Application March 29, 2022 Phage display is a molecular biology technique where bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are genetically modified to express foreign proteins on their surface. This…
Bioluminescence-based Reporter Bacteriophages: New Technology for Monitoring Microbes and Diseases March 26, 2022 Bacteria and bacteriophage. Photo by Oxford (Article by Pete Wilton) In recent years, the development of bioluminescence-based reporter bacteriophages has revolutionized the monitoring of microbes…
