Bacteria protect themselves from phage infections by capturing genetic material from dormant temperate phages, forming a biological "memory" that is passed to their offspring.

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders — by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and ...

The scientists also determined that bacteria created those memories during the temperate phage’s dormancy period, when it did not pose a threat to the population. “This is conceptually similar to a ...

It was found that specific temperate gut phage taxa were associated with the later development of asthma. Notably, the joint abundances of 19 caudoviral families significantly contributed to this ...

A temperate phage, once inside a bacterium, can choose one of two life cycles. In the lytic cycle, the phage turns the bacterium into a factory for additional phages, ...

In methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, evolution of bacteriophage resistance causes trade-offs that re-sensitize the bacteriato β-lactam antibiotics.

In a recent review published in Cell, researchers presented an overview of bacteriophage treatment, including mechanisms, types, design and applications of bacteriophage therapy. Study: Phage ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, “phages.” Scientists ...