In a recent study in Nature, Sorek and his colleagues showed that bacteria can use this system to covalently attach the bacterial protein Bil to the spike protein of an infecting phage’s tail, which ...

Additional details of this work appeared October 3 in the journal Cell, in an article titled, “Engineering Phage Host-Range and Suppressing Bacterial Resistance through Phage Tail Fiber ...

Phage tails are important for puncturing bacteria, which are coated in a dense, viscous substance. P74-26's long tail allows it to invade and infect the toughest bacteria.

Catching the phage’s tail. The first such phage was put into action in 2015. This was a T7 phage that is directed against E. coli in nature.

Phage tails, like hairstyles, vary in length and style; some are long and bouncy while others are short and stiff. While most phages have short, microscopic tails, the “Rapunzel bacteriophage” P74-26 ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba found that Streptomyces lividans phage tail–like particles (SLPs) are expressed inside the bacterium, instead of being secreted, and may be associated ...

A phage tail–like bacteriocin suppresses competitors in metapopulations of pathogenic bacteria. Science , 2024; 384 (6701) DOI: 10.1126/science.ado0713 Cite This Page : ...

Phage therapy isn’t new, but its use in people and animals also isn’t well researched. Current studies and some successful cases may mean that it could become more common.

Phage therapy has been around for more than 100 years, but with the advent of antibiotics and a possible influence of an unfavorable review published in the Journal of the American Medical ...

Phage tails are important for puncturing bacteria, which are coated in a dense, viscous substance. P74-26’s long tail allows it to invade and infect the toughest bacteria.