Pharmacology can be differentiated into two key aspects, pharmacodynamics and
pharmacokinetics. Pharmacodynamics describes a drug's impact on the body while …

As with antibiotics, we can differentiate various acquired mechanisms of bacteria-mediated
inhibition of the action of bacterial viruses (phages or bacteriophages) into ones of tolerance …

Phage therapy is the use of bacterial viruses as antibacterial agents. A primary
consideration for commercial development of phages for phage therapy is the number of …

Bacteriophages or phages are viruses that infect bacterial cells (for the scope of this review
we will also consider viruses that infect Archaea). Constant threat of phage infection is a …

Phage-antibiotic synergy is a promising therapeutic strategy, but there is no reliable method
for synergism estimation. Although the time-kill curve assay is a gold standard, the method is …

Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) are given antimicrobials as prophylaxis against bacterial
lung infection, which contributes to the growing emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) …

Besides obtaining and utilizing resources, organisms have three basic ecological tasks: to
survive, to reproduce, and to move. Survival is necessary for reproduction, reproduction …

Therapeutic phages against pathogenic bacteria should kill the bacteria efficiently before the
latter evolve resistance against the phages. While many factors contribute to phage …

Non-tailed icosahedral phages belonging to families Fiersviridae (phages MS2 and Qbeta),
Tectiviridae (PRD1) and Microviridae (phiX174) have not been considered in detail so far as …

A century ago, the knowledge of phages' contributions in the ecology of Actinobacteria by
controlling its population through lysis was brought to light. Ever since then, scientists have …