phage
noun[C]
biologyspecializeduk/feɪdʒ/us/feɪdʒ/short forbacteriophage; avirusthatgrowsanddividesinside abacterium,destroyingit :
Scientists haveknownforyearsthat theseviruses,knownas phages, areabletokillbacteria, but themechanismwas notunderstood.
Bacteria-killingvirusesknownas phagesofferhopein theproblemofantibioticresistance.
- The phages do the same thingantibioticsdo - theydisruptbacterialcellwalls.
- Because phagescontainDNA, they couldprovemoreadaptablethantraditionalantibioticdrugs, Young said.
- Phagetherapywassuggestedby the patient'smother.
Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
- adenovirus
- aerobe
- amoebic
- anti-HIV
- antimicrobial
- bacterium
- germicidal
- germophobe
- hen of the woods
- human immunodeficiency virus
- incubation
- incubation period
- mildew
- spike protein
- staph
- staphylococcus
- strep
- streptococcal
- streptococcus
- taenia