Are You My Host? An Overview of Methods Used to Link Bacteriophages with Hosts

Until recently, the only methods for finding out if a particular strain or species of bacteria could be a host for a particular bacteriophage was to see if the bacteriophage could infect that bacterium and kill it, releasing progeny phages. Establishing the host range of a bacteriophage thus meant i...

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Published in:Viruses
Main Author: Paul Hyman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/17/1/65