Filamentous Bacteriophage in Bio/Nano/Technology, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Ecology

• Main Author: Bhabatosh Das (auth)
• Other Authors: Jasna Rakonjac (auth), Ratmir Derda (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); pathogenic bacteria; filamentous bacteriophage; phage display; Glioblastoma; Liposome; Vaccine; microbial communities; dip-stick; chemical modification; Nanorods
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Filamentous phage (genus Inovirus) infect almost invariably Gram-negative bacteria. They are distinguished from all other bacteriophage not only by morphology, but also by the mode of their assembly, a secretion-like process that does not kill the host. "Classic" Escherichia coli filamento...