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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

which can either be released through bacterial lysis or persist within the host cell, depending on the phage’s life cycle. Phages are useful as they can destroy bacteria resistant to drugs such as ...