A key but poorly understood stage of the bacteriophage life cycle is the binding of phage receptor-binding proteins (RBPs) to receptors on the host cell surface, leading to injection of the phage ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, researchers analyze prophages of the LF82 strain of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) to better understand their behavior in vitro ...

Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are abundant and ubiquitous viruses. They are part of nature and are everywhere, in the air, oceans, soil, and in every living being. In humans, they are ...