Books /Bacteriophages in Health and Disease

9781639899593

States Academic Press

English

2025

$ 158.95

A bacteriophage refers to a type of virus that infects and reproduces only inside archaea and bacteria. They are the most predominant biological agents on the Earth and are widely distributed throughout the environment. They vary greatly in morphology, size, and genomic organization. Bacteriophages are effective against both antibiotic-resistant and curable bacteria. They can be utilized alone or in combination with antibiotics and other medications. They interact with bacteria by lysogenic or lytic infection, both of which can result in the lysis of the bacterial host cells. Since lytic bacteriophages can directly kill pathogens, they provide protection to plants from bacterial diseases, and they are typically utilized to manage bacterial diseases. Temperate bacteriophages, on the other hand, can be utilized for bacterial-pathogen diagnosis due to their genome integration with bacterial chromosomes. This book provides comprehensive insights into all the important aspects of bacteriophages in health and disease. Researchers and students in this field will be assisted by this book.