Biotechnological Applications of Phage and Phage-Derived Proteins

• Main Author: Santos, Sílvio (auth)
• Other Authors: Azeredo, Joana (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; toxicity; encapsulation; n/a; cancerous tumors; bacteriophage-derived lytic enzyme; native gel electrophoresis; bacteriophages; Cpl-1; O-antigen; ESKAPE; Clostridium perfringens; X-ray crystallography; macromolecular interactions; safety; biofilm; major coat protein; Streptococcus agalactiae; Staphylococcus aureus; tail sheath protein; magnetic separation; serotyping; pathogenic viruses; liposomes; tuberculosis; Listeria monocytogenes; nanotubular structures; alpha-sheet; biosensors; sarcoidosis; tailspike proteins; M13 bacteriophage; Streptococcus pneumoniae; gene expression regulation; bacteriophage recombination; self-assembly; phage therapy; R-type pyocin; contractile injection systems; bacteriophage vB_EcoM_FV3; microtiter plate assay; Enterococcus faecalis; culture enrichment; drug delivery vehicles; neurodegenerative disease; landscape phage; niosomes; bacteriophage; Myoviridae; bacteriophage evolution; porous structure; phage-host interaction; phage display; immune response; antibiotic resistance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; phage; bacteriocin; Appelmans; fluorescence sensor; molecular probe; nanomedicine; Shigella flexneri; reporter phage; filters; in vitro activity; capsid dynamics; immunoscreening; diagnostics; microarray; receptor-binding protein; endolysin; enzybiotics; transfersomes; T7phage library; Pal
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Phages have shown a high biotechnological potential with numerous applications. The advent of high-resolution microscopy techniques aligned with omic and molecular tools have revealed innovative phage features and enabled new processes that can be further exploited for biotechnological applications in a wide variety of fields. The high-quality original articles and reviews presented in this Special Issue demonstrate the incredible potential of phages and their derived proteins in a wide range of biotechnological applications for human benefit. Considering the emergence of amazing new available bioengineering tools and the high abundance of phages and the multitude of phage proteins yet to be discovered and studied, we believe that the upcoming years will present us with many more fascinating and new previously unimagined phage-based biotechnological applications.