Bacteriophages
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Bacteriophages

Perspectives and Future

  1. 142 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Bacteriophages

Perspectives and Future

About this book

Bacteriophages are viruses that utilise bacterial cells as factories for their own propagation and as safe havens for their genomic material. They are capable of equipping bacteria with properties that bestow environmental advantages. They are also capable of specifically and efficiently killing bacteria.Bacteriophages are resilient in a wide diversity of environments, presumed to be as ancient as life itself, and are estimated to be the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Their overarching capacity to survive via molecular adaptation is supported by an arsenal of encoded enzymatic tools, which also enabled biotechnology. This volume includes contributions that describe bacteriophages as nanomachines, genetic engineers, and also as medicines and technologies of the future, including relevant production and process issues.

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Information

Publisher
IntechOpen
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781838804381
eBook ISBN
9781838804473
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Microbiology & Parasitology

Table of contents

  1. Bacteriophages - Perspectives and Future
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter1 Introductory Chapter: Nature’s Ancient Nanomachines and Their Synthetic Future
  5. Chapter2 Bacteriophages: Their Structural Organisation and Function
  6. Chapter3 BiotechnologyTools Derived from the Bacteriophage/Bacteria Arms Race
  7. Chapter4 The Unusual Linear Plasmid Generating Systems of Prokaryotes
  8. Chapter5 Scale-Up and Bioprocessing of Phages
  9. Chapter6 Surveillance and Elimination of Bacteriophage Contamination in an Industrial Fermentation Process
  10. Chapter7 Targeting Peptides Derived from Phage Display for Clinical Imaging