Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect bacteria. The “predator–prey” interactions
are recognized as a potentially effective way to treat infections. Phages, as well as phage …

Salmonella and Campylobacter are major causes of foodborne related illness and are
traditionally associated with consuming undercooked poultry and/or consuming products …

Thanks to the exponentially increasing number of publicly available bacterial genome
sequences, one can now estimate the important contribution of integrated viral sequences to …

The SOS response is an essential process for responding to DNA damage in bacteria. The
expression of SOS genes is under the control of LexA, a global transcription factor that …

Lake Chaohu, one of the five largest freshwater lakes in China, has been suffering from
severe cyanobacterial blooms in the summer for many years. Cyanophages, the viruses that …

Salmonella spp. are among the major food-borne pathogens that cause mild diarrhea to
severe bacteremia. The use of bacteriophages to control various food-borne pathogens …

Because foodborne illnesses continuously threaten public health, rapid and sensitive
detection of pathogens in food has become an important issue. As an alternative to time …

Pilitropic and flagellotropic phages adsorb to bacterial pili and flagella. These phages have
long been used to investigate multiple aspects of bacterial physiology, such as the cell cycle …

Background Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a zoonotic pathogen, causing mild
gastrointestinal infection in humans. From this comparatively benign pathogenic species …

We characterized two newly isolated myoviruses, Bp8p-C and Bp8p-T, infecting the ginger
rhizome rot disease pathogen Bacillus pumilus GR8. The plaque of Bp8p-T exhibited a clear …