phage
Virus targeting bacteria
Phage is short for bacteriophage, a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria.
Scientists and researchers use phage as the standard informal term in microbiology and genetics: The lab is studying phage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics.
Phages are among the most abundant organisms on Earth and have become important tools in genetic engineering and potential treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections.
bacteriophage
Virus infecting bacterial cells
infection · host · bacteria · transduction · virion · replication · temperate · lytic · tail · genome
- PhagesT4, lambda, T2, T1, T3
- Virusescoronavirus, influenza virus, adenovirus, herpesvirus, enterovirus
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- Fictional Diseasesgreyscale, zombie virus, Trixie, flare, blood curse
- Virologyviral replication, viral shedding, bacteriophage, tropism, DNA virus
- genetic vectorsplasmid, viral vector, BAC, PAC, lentivirus
antimicrobial mechanism
phageantibiotic
Bacteria-killing medication
broad-spectrum antibiotic · penicillin · tetracycline · antimicrobial · synthetic drug
- lambda phageVirus parasitizing intestinal bacteria
- temperate phageVirus embedding in host genome