Bacteriophages, or simply phages, are viruses infecting bacteria. With an estimated 1031
particles in the biosphere, phages outnumber bacteria by a factor of at least 10 and not …

Faced with the crisis of multidrug-resistant bacteria, bacteriophages, viruses that infect and
replicate within bacteria, have been reported to have both beneficial and detrimental effects …

Clostridioides difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen that causes approximately
500,000 cases of C. difficile infection (CDI) and 29,000 deaths annually in the United States …

The microbiome dysbiosis caused by antibiotic treatment has been associated with both
susceptibility to and relapse of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Bacteriophage (phage) …

Increasingly, clinical infections are becoming recalcitrant or completely resistant to
antibiotics treatment and multidrug resistance is rising alarmingly. Patients suffering from …

Horizontal gene transfer has a tremendous impact on the genome plasticity, adaptation and
evolution of bacteria. Horizontally transferred mobile genetic elements are involved in the …

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. There are an estimated 1031 phage on the
planet, making them the most abundant form of life. We are rapidly approaching the …

Metagenomic approaches applied to viruses have highlighted their prevalence in almost all
microbial ecosystems investigated. In all ecosystems, notably those associated with humans …

This book describes the major achievements and discoveries relevant to bacterial protein
toxins since the turn of the new century illustrated by the discovery of more than fifty novel …

Prophage activation in intestinal environments has been frequently reported to affect host
adaptability, pathogen virulence, gut bacterial community composition, and intestinal health …