Bacteriophages: an overview of the control strategies against multiple bacterial infections in different fields

• Published in: Journal of basic microbiology Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 123 - 133
• Main Authors: Jamal, Muhsin, Bukhari, Sayed M. A. U. S., Andleeb, Saadia, Ali, Muhammad, Raza, Sana, Nawaz, Muhammad A., Hussain, Tahir, Rahman, Sadeeq u., Shah, Syed S. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Agriculture; animal diseases; Animal Diseases - microbiology; Animal Diseases - therapy; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; antibiotics; bacteria; Bacteria - pathogenicity; Bacteria - virology; bacterial infections; Bacterial Infections - therapy; bacteriophage; bacteriophages; Bacteriophages - physiology; Bacteriophages - ultrastructure; calves; Campylobacter; capsid; Cattle; cell walls; DNA, Viral; endolysin; endolysins; Erwinia amylovora; Escherichia coli; Food Contamination - prevention & control; Food Safety; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Humans; lambs; Listeria; lysogenic; Lysogeny - physiology; lytic; phage therapy; Phage Therapy - history; Phage Therapy - methods; Phage Therapy - trends; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Diseases - therapy; Pseudomonas; Salmonella; Sheep; skin diseases; Swine; virulence; endolysins; lytic; bacteriophage; phage therapy; lysogenic

Bacteriophages (phages/viruses) need host bacteria to replicate and propagate. Primarily, a bacteriophage contains a head/capsid to encapsidate the genetic material. Some phages contain tails. Phages encode endolysins to hydrolyze bacterial cell wall. The two main classes of phages are lytic or viru...