Bacteriophages are viruses, the most abundant organisms and the natural predators of bacteria. They are self-replicating, obligatory intracellular parasites and inert biochemically in extracellular environment.
Intracellular parasites: able to infect the host's cells.
Defines what Bacteriophage's are categorized as.
Discusses the relationship (natural predator) between bacteria and phages.
lytic (virulent) phages and lysogenic (temperate) phages
The two processes in which may occur for a phage to appear.
Typically, bacteriophage morphology exhibit well defined three-dimensional structure. The genetic material is enclosed in an icosahedral protein capsid head, a tail (spiral contractile sheath surrounding a core pipe and a baseplate with tail fibers) and surface receptor proteins responsible to recognize specific surface molecules on the host bacterium [5]
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Talks about the three-dimensional structure of the bacteriophage and a brief introduction on the receptor of the phage.
They are primordial ubiquitous organisms found in diverse environment such as soil, water, feces etc
Quote: states what they are and the location of the bacteriophages that are in the environment.
They are considered as particles outside the host cell containing nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) which encode necessary information required for their replication.
Replication: Bacteriophages can reproduce or double themselves.
This review focuses on the recent developments in phage therapy and its applications with respect to human infections, animal, food and environment.
Highlights the focus of the research.
Bacteriophages are antibacterial agents ubiquitous in nature.
Mildly goes over what Bacteriophages is.
Simple clarification that Bacteriophages can be found anywhere bacteria (the host) can possibly exist.