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Bacteriophage
A bacteriophage (from 'bacteria' and Greek φᾰγεῖν phagein "to eat") is any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria. Bacteriophages are among the most common organisms on Earth.The term is commonly used in its shortened form, phage.
Typically, bacteriophages consist of an outer protein capsid enclosing genetic material. The genetic material can be ssRNA, dsRNA, ssDNA, or dsDNA ('ss-' or 'ds-' prefix denotes single-strand or double-strand) between 5,000 and 500,000 nucleotides long with either circular or linear arrangement. Bacteriophages are much smaller than the bacteria they destroy - usually between 20 and 200 nm in size.
Phages are estimated to be the most widely distributed and diverse entities in the biosphere. Phages are ubiquitous and can be found in all reservoirs populated by bacterial hosts, such as soil or the intestines of animals. One of the densest natural sources for phages and other viruses is sea water, where up to 9×108 virions per milliliter have been found in microbial mats at the surface, and up to 70% of marine bacteria may be infected by phages.
They have been used for over 60 years as an alternative to antibiotics in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. They are seen as a possible therapy against multi drug resistant strains of many bacteria.
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What is a virus that infects E coli bacteria?
T4 Phage
If we somehow mix the genes of a corona-immune creature and a phage and make it attack a virus instead of a bacteria then it sall be a cure won't it please tell me if there is any hole in my plan.-Nithesh.K?
*shall and no question mark at the end..
What is the difference between a virulent phage and a temperate phage?
In virology, temperate refers to the life cycle some phages are able to perform. Atemperate phage can integrate its genome into its host bacterium's chromosome, becoming a lysogen known as a prophage. A temperate phage is also able to undergo lytic life cycles, where the prophage is expressed, replicates the phage genome and produces phage progeny and the progeny phage leave the bacterium. The virulent phages have only lytic lifecycles and thus infection results in the host cell's death (due to lytic cell destruction-the phage replicates itself and then bursts the cell, releasing many copies).
The assembliy of new viral particles can sometimes take place in the host cells nucleus. However such assembly does not occur with phage viruses Why not?
phage virus is considered to be a bacteria, and a bacteria is a prokaryote, and as known prokaryotes does not have a nucleus.
What is a bacterial phage?
A virus that infects bacteria.The word phage comes from the Greek and means to eat or ingest. There are different types of phages, each quite specific to a particular bacteria. Phage technology is a relatively new science which uses virus to infect and consume bacteria, although the beginnings date to the early 20th century.(It was discarded when antibiotics were discovered).
A virus that reproduces in a bacterium is called?
phage
What is a virus that infects bacteria?
Bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects a bacteria.
Is the T2 phage virus polyhedral or helical?
polyhedral
Is there a vaccine for The Enterobacteria Phage T4 virus?
I believe so.
What is a virus that inflects bacteria?
Phage or bacteriophage infects bacteria.
What is a virus that infects E coli bacteria?
T4 Phage
How does the reproduction of HIV and lambda phage differ?
The Lambda Phage bacterial virus replicates itself whilst the HIV virus binds itself to existing cells and damages them. Lamba Phage increases with a "lysogenic" cycle, whilst the increase of HIV is known as "Lytic".
What is a virus that reproduces in a bacterium called?
A bacteriaphage (literally bacteria eater) is a virus that reproduces in a bacterium.
How does the size of a virus compare with the size of a bacterium?
A virus is much much much smaller then a bacterium. Virus called phage can infect bacteria.
What is SDS phage?
there is nothing like SDS phage but... 1. SDS is a well know detergent used to denature proteins before electrophoresis called SDSPAGE. 2. phage (bacteriophage) is a virus that infects the bacteria which contains eother DNA or RNA. SDS PAGE can be used to determine the phage proteins which u can call SDSPAGE of phage.
If we somehow mix the genes of a corona-immune creature and a phage and make it attack a virus instead of a bacteria then it sall be a cure won't it please tell me if there is any hole in my plan.-Nithesh.K?
*shall and no question mark at the end..
A virus that reprduces in a bacterium is called a?
bacteriophage (literally, phage = eat, bacterio = bacteria)
