SynthesisViruses2024
Lytic Spectra of Tailed Bacteriophages: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- A Novel Lytic Podovirus AP-20-A InfectingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Characterization of a novel phage BUCT800 against Acinetobacter baumannii and its biofilm removal efficiency.Archives of virology · 2026Article
- Characteristics, Whole Genome Analysis of a Virulent Phage from Avian-DerivedMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- A molecular inventory of the faecal microbiomes of 23 marsupial species.Microbial genomics · 2026Article
- Phage characterization analysis in respiratory samples from infected patients based on metagenomic next-generation sequencing.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
As natural predators of bacteria, tailed bacteriophages can be used in biocontrol applications, including antimicrobial therapy. Also, phage lysis is a detrimental factor in technological processes based on bacterial growth and metabolism. The spectrum of bacteria bacteriophages interact with is known as the host range. Phage science produced a vast amount of host range data. However, there has been no attempt to analyse these data from the viewpoint of modern phage and bacterial taxonomy. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of spotting and plaquing host range data obtained on strains of production host species. The main metric of our study was the host range value calculated as a ratio of lysed strains to the number of tested bacterial strains. We found no boundary between narrow and broad host ranges in tailed phages taken as a whole. Family-level groups of strictly lytic bacteriophages had significantly different median plaquing host range values in the range from 0.18 (
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