Bacteriophages: The Good Side of the Viruses

Bacteriophages or phages are bacterial viruses that are known to invade bacterial cells and, in the case of the lytic phages, impair bacterial metabolism, causing them to lyse. Since the discovery of these microorganisms by Felix d’Herelle, a French-Canadian microbiologist who worked at Institut Pas...

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Main Authors:	Rodrigues, Igor Vinícius Pimentel, Borges, Katia Regina Assunção, Nascimento, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão, Bezerra, Geusa Felipa de Barros
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	IntechOpen 2021
Subjects:	Life Sciences
Online Access:	https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/75632
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