The Psu protein of phage satellite P4 inhibits transcription termination factor ρ by forced hyper-oligomerization by Daniela Gjorgjevikj, Naveen Kumar, Bing Wang, Tarek Hilal, Nelly Said, Bernhard Loll, Irina Artsimovitch, Ranjan Sen, Markus C. Wahl

“…Abstract Many bacteriophages modulate host transcription to favor expression of their own genomes. …”
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Functional genomic insights into Floricoccus penangensis ML061-4 isolated from leaf surface of Assam tea by Patthanasak Rungsirivanich, Elvina Parlindungan, Jennifer Mahony, Witsanu Supandee, Narumol Thongwai, Douwe van Sinderen

“…The ML061-4 genome was evaluated for genes associated with complex carbohydrate metabolism, bacterial adhesion, virulence factors, pathogenicity, bacteriophages, antiviral defence systems as well as toxin- and antibiotic-resistance associated genes, and genes involved in toxin production, secondary metabolite biosynthesis and xenobiotics biodegradation. …”
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Nanopore sequencing of protozoa: Decoding biological information on a string of biochemical molecules into human-readable signals by Branden Hunter, Timothy Cromwell, Hyunjin Shim

“…Such characteristics are also prevalent in other host-dependent parasites, such as bacteriophages. The taxonomic classification results showed a high proportion of nanopore reads identified as T. brucei in the infected blood samples, with no significant identification in the control blood samples and fecal samples. …”
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Simplified MS2 phage-like particle production including a novel maturation protein internal fusion affinity tag by Enos C. Kline, Rose Duong, Qin Wang, Barry R. Lutz

“…Phage-like particles (PLPs) are fabricated self-assembling nanoparticles derived from the structural elements of bacteriophages. These particles have biotechnological utility because of the ability to easily modify surface chemistry and compartmentalize nucleic acids or other materials. …”
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Phage display technology in ecotoxicology: phage display derived unique peptide for copper identification in aquatic samples by Marta Sosnowska, Tomasz Łęga, Marcin Olszewski, Beata Gromadzka

“…To identify a variety of Cu-binding M13 phage clones with unique peptides and to assess their affinity for metal ions, the study utilized Escherichia coli as a factories producing recombinant bacteriophages, modified biopanning procedure and an ELISA assay. …”
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The future of plant lectinology: Advanced technologies and computational tools by Vinicius J.S. Osterne, Kyria S. Nascimento, Benildo S. Cavada, Els J.M. Van Damme

“…Phage display libraries enable the identification of carbohydrate-mimetic peptides and the development of ligands for lectins by presenting diverse peptide libraries on bacteriophages. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses facilitate the exploration of the lectome in various plant species by scanning entire datasets to identify genes that contain lectin motifs—specific conserved amino acid sequences involved in carbohydrate recognition—and lectin domains, the larger structural regions that facilitate and stabilize these interactions. …”
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The Appearance of Antiphage Antibodies in Sera of Patients Treated with Phages by Marzanna Łusiak-Szelachowska, Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Maciej Żaczek, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Andrzej Górski

“…<b>Background</b>: Bacteriophages are neutralized by the sera of patients undergoing phage therapy (PT), particularly during local or concomitant local and oral phage administration in bone infections, soft tissue infections, or upper respiratory tract infections. …”
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Expanding the Diversity of <i>Actinobacterial Tectiviridae</i>: A Novel Genus from <i>Microbacterium</i> by Jacqueline M. Washington, Holly Basta, Angela Bryanne De Jesus, Madison G. Bendele, Steven G. Cresawn, Emily K. Ginser

“…Although the novel bacteriophages have 91.6 to 97.5% nucleotide sequence similarity to each other, they are at most 58% similar to previously characterized <i>Tectiviridae</i> genera. …”
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Piezoelectric biosensor with dissipation monitoring enables the analysis of bacterial lytic agent activity by Radka Obořilová, Eliška Kučerová, Tibor Botka, Hana Vaisocherová-Lísalová, Petr Skládal, Zdeněk Farka

“…Abstract Antibiotic-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus pose a significant threat in healthcare, demanding urgent therapeutic solutions. Combining bacteriophages with conventional antibiotics, an innovative approach termed phage-antibiotic synergy, presents a promising treatment avenue. …”
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Understanding biofilm--phage interactions in cystic fibrosis patients using mathematical frameworks by Emerenini Blessing O., Hartung Doris, Reyes Grimaldo Ricardo N. G., Canner Claire, Williams Maya, Agyingi Ephraim, Osgood Robert

“…Phage therapy utilizes bacteriophages that attack bacteria, to penetrate and eradicate biofilms. …”
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Phage Cocktail Alleviates Bacterial Canker of Kiwifruit by Modulating Bacterial Community Structure in Field Trial by Ran Hu, Xiaohan Xu, Yajun Jia, Cancan Zhu, Lin Wang, Minxin Song, Qian Xu, Mian Xia, Xiaoqing He, Yi Jin

“…<i>actinidiae</i>. Bacteriophages are regarded as promising biocontrol agents against kiwifruit bacterial pathogens due to their exceptional host specificity and environmentally friendly nature. …”
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Isolation, characterization and liposome-loaded encapsulation of a novel virulent Salmonella phage vB-SeS-01 by Yuhang Luo, Jacques Mahillon, Lin Sun, Ziqiong You, Xiaomin Hu

“…IntroductionSalmonella is a common foodborne pathogenic bacterium, displaying facultative intracellular parasitic behavior, which can help the escape against antibiotics treatment. Bacteriophages have the potential to control both intracellular and facultative intracellular bacteria and can be developed as antibiotic alternatives.MethodsThis study isolated and characterized vB-SeS-01, a novel Guernseyvirinae phage preying on Salmonella enterica, whose genome is closely related to those of phages SHWT1 and vB-SenS-EnJE1. …”
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Characterization and genome analysis of lytic Vibrio phage VPK8 with potential in lysing Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from clinical and seafood sources by Valalak Jintasakul, Jiranan Pattano, Sutima Preeprem, Pimonsri Mittraparp-arthorn

“…Abstract Background Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium causing seafood-associated gastrointestinal illness in humans and acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp. Bacteriophages have emerged as promising biocontrol agents against V. parahaemolyticus. …”
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Predicting phage-host interaction via hyperbolic Poincaré graph embedding and large-scale protein language technique by Jie Pan, Rui Wang, Wenjing Liu, Li Wang, Zhuhong You, Yuechao Li, Zhemeng Duan, Qinghua Huang, Jie Feng, Yanmei Sun, Shiwei Wang

“…Summary: Bacteriophages (phages) are increasingly viewed as a promising alternative for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. …”
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Cellular Responses to Entry of Virions: One Kind of Natural Nanobiomaterial by Zheng Liu, Shuyu Liu, Jinming Cui, Yurong Tan, Jian He, Jingqiang Zhang

“…For this paper, we chose Bombyx mori cypovirus 1 (BmCPV-1) interactions with midgut cells from silkworm, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus interactions with Vero E6 cells, as examples to demonstrate the response of eukaryotic cells to two different types of virus from our previous studies. The bacteriophage-bacteria interactions are also introduced to elucidate how the bacteriophage conquers the barrier of cell walls in the prokaryotic cells to transport genome into the host.…”
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Characterizing microbial diversity and metabolic pathways in yak milk and fermented yak milk based on metagenomics: A study from Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture by Jie Zhang, Yangbo Jiao, Kaiyang Liu, Wenyou Situ, Bilige Menghe, Yongfu Chen, Musu Zha

“…YM exhibited lower microbial and bacteriophage diversity. Bacteriophage diversity was primarily targeting harmful microbes. …”
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Reservoir of Bacterial Exotoxin Genes in the Environment by Veronica Casas, Joseph Magbanua, Gerico Sobrepeña, Scott T. Kelley, Stanley R. Maloy

“…Exotoxins are often encoded by mobile genetic elements, including bacteriophage (phage). Phage can transfer genetic information to the bacteria they infect. …”
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Calibration of Surface Plasmon Resonance Imager for Biochemical Detection by T. Ktari, H. Baccar, M. B. Mejri, A. Abdelghani

“…The system can be used as a refractometer with sensitivity below 5×10−5 in the range of 1.33300–1.34360. Second, bacteriophage (T4-phage) can be physisorbed on gold microarray spots for bacteria detection. …”
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An Exhaled Breath Sampler Based on Condensational Growth and Cyclone Centrifugation (BSCC) by Lebing Wang, Jianguo Deng, Dongbin Wang, Menghao Chen, Xue Li, Yun Lu, Jingkun Jiang

“…Besides, the BSCC maintained approximately 93.5% infectivity of atomized model virus aerosol (Pseudomonas bacteriophage Phi6). When collecting exhaled breath samples from nine volunteers, the average collection rate was 248.7 µL min−1. …”
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Microscopic origin of the spatial and temporal precision in biological systems by Anupam Mondal, Anatoly B. Kolomeisky

“…To illustrate this approach, in this review, we discuss two systems that exhibit precision control: spatial regulation in bacterial cell size and temporal regulation in the timing of cell lysis by λ bacteriophage. In cell-size regulation, it is argued that a balance between stochastic cell growth and cell division processes leads to a narrow distribution of cell sizes. …”
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