Bacteriophages are the most abundant entities on Earth ... deviating by more than one standard deviation from the mean intensity of their corresponding time point were removed. Microscopic photos of ...

1 Key Laboratory of Resources Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, China 2 Provincial Key Laboratory of ...

As antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose growing health risk, Hebrew University scientists search for 'good' viruses and name ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — With the rapid development of antibiotics in the 1930s, phage therapy -- using viruses known as bacteriophages or phages to tackle bacterial infections -- fell into oblivion. But ...

The belief that the Ganga River possesses self-purifying properties due to the presence of bacteriophages has come under scrutiny. Renowned hepatologist Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, widely recognized ...

These viruses are called bacteriophages. Researchers have been ... Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Microbiologists in California have found that jumbo phages possess ...

Viruses are often seen as threats, but some could be allies in the fight against disease. Scientists have long studied bacteriophages, viruses that attack and kill bacteria, as a possible solution to ...

Conducted by Padma Shri awardee Dr Ajay Sonkar, the study found that the river contains 1,100 types of bacteriophages—microscopic viruses that selectively target and destroy bacteria ...