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Defining the essential genome of diverse phages with phage Tn-seq Systematic mapping of bacteriophage gene essentiality with HIDEN-SEQ Most tailed phages have genomes of 50–200 kb in size, of which one…

With "Phage Queen Herself" Dr. Elizabeth Kutter

https://www.nature.com/subjects/phage-biology Phage biology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of all biological aspects of bacteriophages (phages), which are viruses that infect bacteria. This includes the distribution, biochemistry, physiology,…

Phage intervention improves colitis and response to corticosteroids by attenuating virulence of Crohn’s disease–associated bacteria https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adz4589 Abstract Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) exhibits proinflammatory properties and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of…

JOVE: TOPICAL COLLECTIONS Experimental and Structural Approaches to ssRNA Phage Biology https://www.jove.com/methods-collections/5270/experimental-and-structural-approaches-to-ssrna-phage-biology Collection Overview The proposed collection, would feature novel techniques and mechanistic discoveries that advance the study of ssRNA…

A new study from Mostowy's lab in Poland on "Structural modularity of receptor-binding proteins underlies host-range strategy diversification in Klebsiella pneumoniae phages" shows the importance of using structural modelling in determining phage-bacterial…

A new paper published in J. Virology, "A polyvalent phage shapes bacterial dynamics" Phages are the most abundant biological entity on the planet, but polyvalent phages that infect multiple bacterial…

Recently published in JBac, "Phage-derived proteins and conjugates induce pilus detachment" Acinetobacter species are environmental bacteria and members of the ESKAPE pathogens, associated with hospital-acquired infections among immunocompromised patients. Rising…

Natural phages Vs. Synthetic phages Image from Huss and Raman, 2020. These are some of the important articles in phage engineering / synthetic phages for applications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2019.11.013 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63775 https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)02560-X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.09.015…

The Global Map of Clinical Phage Therapyhttps://www.thephagetherapy.com/p/phagetrials.html An interactive global atlas of bacteriophage therapy clinical trials powered by live ClinicalTrials.gov data.