Phage Archives - Medical Microbiology & RDT Labs

Bacteriophages: Nature’s Tiny Predators

In the battle against bacterial infections, scientists are increasingly turning to an ancient enemy of bacteria: bacteriophages, or phages for

Bacteriophages are viruses of bacteria i.e. they attack members of a particular bacterial species, or strains within a species. Bacteriophage

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. They are commonly called as ‘phages’. Phages occur widely in nature in close association

Cyanophages are the viruses that attack the members of cyanobacteria. There are several cyanophages (LPP-1, LPP-2, LPP-3, AS-1, etc) which