Uncategorized NEW: ssRNA phage with invisible plaque 26 Nov 2025 New article on ssRNA Identification and characterization of a novel plaque-invisible lytic single-stranded RNA phage ABSTRACT The RNA phages offer promising applications in biotechnology, including vaccine development and drug delivery.…
Uncategorized World Antibiotic Awareness Week 21 Nov 2025 18 to 24 November is World AMR Awareness Week Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections…
Uncategorized Call for papers in npj Viruses 20 Nov 2025 https://www.nature.com/collections/fjghaeeghg Editors Sebastian Leptihn, PhD, Belinda Loh, PhD & Prasanth Manohar, PhD We welcome submissions that include, but are not limited to: Engineering phage components for targeted delivery of molecular payloads…
Uncategorized NEW Pub!!! The Lysis Genes of the Paradigm Phage SP6 13 Nov 2025 My latest publication on "Lysis genes of phage SP6" shows that SP6-like podophages encode holin, endolysin, i-spanin and o-spanin in their lysis cassette. The M15 peptidase family 'endolysin' is 118…
Uncategorized Publication: The Lysis Cassette of Jumbophage phiKZ 11 Nov 2025 Hot New Publication!!! Manohar et al., The Lysis Cassette of Jumbophage phiKZ Pseudomonas jumbophage phiKZ is notable for its protein-based nuclear structure formed during infection, which helps protect its DNA…