Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

Clinicians have used phages to treat bacterial infections since the early 20 th century. Although the advent and mass production of antibiotics caused a decline in phage therapy, the recent rise in ...

Viruses of bacteria ... Depending on the life cycle of the phage, this lysis can occur either soon after the initiation of infection (lytic cycle) or instead following lengthy periods of delay ...

Generalized transduction occurs when random sections of host DNA are incorporated into bacteriophage during the lytic cycle in the process of making more bacteriophage particles, as shown in Figure 1.

Viruses in the lytic pathway kill and lyse their host bacterial cell, but in the lysogenic cycle, the phage integrates its genetic material into the bacterial genome and keeps its host alive.

Biliary tract infections (BTI), often linked to structural abnormalities like bile duct stones, pose significant treatment challenges due to drug-resistant bacteria like Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Phage ...