Bacteriophages

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• PhageFISH for Monitoring Phage Infections at Single Cell Level.- Fluoromycobacteriophages for Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST) of Mycobacteria.- Engineering Bacteriophage-Based Biosensors.- Introduction of Phage Genome into Escherichia coli by Electroporation.- Site-Specific Mutagenesis of Bacillus subtilis Phage SPO1.- Genetic Manipulation of Lytic Bacteriophages with BRED: Bacteriophage Recombineering of Electroporated DNA.- Isolation of Competitive Phage Display-Modified Bacteriophage T4 with Affinity Chromatography.- Immobilization of Intact Phage and Phage-Derived Proteins for Detection and Biocontrol Purposes.- Peptidoglycan Hydrolytic Activity of Bacteriophage Lytic Proteins in Zymogram Analysis.- Analyzing Phage-Host Protein-Protein Interactions using Strep-tag® II Purifications.- Techniques to Assess Phage/Biofilm Interaction.- Screening for Growth-Inhibitory ORFans in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Infecting Bacteriophages.- The Use of the greater Wax Moth Larvae (Galleria mellonella) as an Alternative Animal Infection Model for the Analysis of Bacterial Pathogenesis.- Use of a Silkworm Larva Model in Phage Therapy Experiments.- Exploitation of Drosophila Infection models to Evaluate Antibacterial Efficacy of Phages.- Duckweed (Lemna minor) and Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) as Bacterial Infection Model Systems.- Quantitating Phage Efficacy in ready-To-Eat Meats.- Use of a Chicken Embryo Lethality Assay to Assess the Efficacy of Phage Therapy.

“The book describes the functional elucidation of bacteriophages in the current era, as well as the drive towards application-driven research. … this is a very interesting resource for protocols regarding phages and their use for therapy. I am going to include it in my reference material for my own students working on phages in relation to the gut microbiota.” (Koen Venema, Beneficial Microbes, Vol. 10 (3), 2019)