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I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the Medical School in South Africa and begin to try to find a bacteriophage system which we might use to solve the genetic code.
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Meaning of "bacteriophage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE

bacteriophage  [bækˈtɪərɪəˌfeɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACTERIOPHAGE

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WHAT DOES BACTERIOPHAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bacteriophage

Bacteriophage

A bacteriophage /ˈbækˈtɪər.i.oʊˌfeɪdʒ/ is a virus that infects and replicates within and around the bacteria and causes it to explode. The term is derived from 'bacteria' and the Greek φαγεῖν phagein "to devour". Bacteriophages are composed of proteins that encapsulate a DNA or RNA genome, and may have relatively simple or elaborate structures. Their genomes may encode as few as four genes, and as many as hundreds of genes. Phage replicate around the virus following the injection of their genome into the cytoplasm. Bacteriophage are among the most common and diverse entities in the biosphere. Phages are widely distributed in locations populated by bacterial hosts, such as soil or the intestines of animals. One of the densest natural sources for phages and other viruses is sea water, where up to 9×108 virions per milliliter have been found in microbial mats at the surface, and up to 70% of marine bacteria may be infected by phages. They have been used for over 90 years as an alternative to antibiotics in the former Soviet Union and Central Europe, as well as in France.

Definition of bacteriophage in the English dictionary

The definition of bacteriophage in the dictionary is a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released Often shortened to: phage.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACTERIOPHAGE


age
eɪdʒ
backstage
ˌbækˈsteɪdʒ
cage
keɪdʒ
coliphage
ˈkɒlɪˌfeɪdʒ
engage
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ
gauge
ɡeɪdʒ
macrophage
ˈmækrəʊˌfeɪdʒ
microphage
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfeɪdʒ
Osage
əʊˈseɪdʒ
ostreophage
ˈɒstrɪəˌfeɪdʒ
outrage
ˈaʊtˌreɪdʒ
page
peɪdʒ
phage
feɪdʒ
prophage
ˈprəʊfeɪdʒ
rage
reɪdʒ
sage
seɪdʒ
stage
steɪdʒ
teenage
ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒ
underage
ˌʌndərˈeɪdʒ
xylophage
ˈzaɪləʊˌfeɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACTERIOPHAGE

bacteriol.
bacteriologic
bacteriological
bacteriological warfare
bacteriologically
bacteriologist
bacteriology
bacteriolysin
bacteriolysis
bacteriolytic
bacteriophagic
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagy
bacteriosis
bacteriostases
bacteriostasis
bacteriostat
bacteriostatic
bacteriostatically
bacteriotoxin

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACTERIOPHAGE

achage
berthage
brain haemorrhage
Carthage
cerebral haemorrhage
cowhage
Gravenhage
haemorrhage
hemorrhage
repechage
roughage
weighage

Synonyms and antonyms of bacteriophage in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bacteriophage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE

Find out the translation of bacteriophage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bacteriophage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bacteriophage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

噬菌体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bacteriófago
570 millions of speakers

English

bacteriophage
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Translator English - Hindi

जीवाणुभोजी
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Translator English - Arabic

الجراثيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бактериофаг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bacteriófago
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাক্টেরিওফাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bactériophage
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Translator English - Malay

Bakteria
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Translator English - German

Bakteriophagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バクテリオファージ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

박테리오파지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bacteriophage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vi khuẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாக்டீரியாபேஜ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅक्टेरिओफेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bakteriyofaj
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

batteriofago
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bakteriofagi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бактеріофаг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bacteriofag
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

βακτηριοφάγων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bakteriofaag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bakteriofag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakteriofag
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bacteriophage

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Sydney Brenner
I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the Medical School in South Africa and begin to try to find a bacteriophage system which we might use to solve the genetic code.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACTERIOPHAGE»

Discover the use of bacteriophage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bacteriophage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular Biology
This is followed by a series of reviews that focus on the current, most cutting-edge topics including bioinformatics and genomics, phage in the environment, bacteriophage in medicine, transfer of phage DNA to the host, contribution to host ...
Stephen Mc Grath, Douwe van Sinderen, 2007
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Bacteriophage Ecology: Population Growth, Evolution, and ...
With strong emphasis on microbial population biology and distilling cutting-edge research into basic principles, this book will complement other currently available volumes.
Stephen T. Abedon, 2008
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Bacteriophages: Biology and Applications
Photographs, line drawings, and electron micrographs of phages are also included. With its broad approach, this book is a useful reference for microbiologists, hematologists, and infectious disease researchers.
Elizabeth Kutter, Alexander Sulakvelidze, 2004
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Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics
The book is written for upper level undergraduates and beginning graduate students, particularly those who have had an introductory genetics course. The fifth edition has been extensively revised to reflect recent advances in the field.
Edward A. Birge, 2006
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Molecular biology of bacteriophage
Since T4 has played a central role in the development of molecular biology as an academic discipline, the themes and experiments presented in this book provide an excellent framework for designing graduate and undergraduate courses in ...
Jim D. Karam, John W. Drake, 1994
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Bacteriophage Therapy for Controlling Escherichia Coli ...
Oral and rectal administration of bacteriophage was compared for mitigating the fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by inoculated steers.
Erica Ann Rozema, 2008
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T4 Bacteriophage Functionalized Micro-cantilevers for Highly ...
Bacteriophage are viruses that recognize bacteria more specifically than antibodies, and thus are extremely promising as highly-specific recognition elements for bacterial sensors.
Luc Gervais, 2007
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Rotational-echo Double Resonance NMR Characterization of DNA ...
REDOR characterization of DNA packaging in bacteriophage T4 2.1. Introduction Review of bacteriophage research Bacteriophages were first discovered by F. W. Twort in 1915 when he succeeded in isolating the agent responsible for the ...
Tsyr-Yan Yu, 2008
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Bacteriophage and Cheesemaking: An Account of the Control of ...
An Account of the Control of "slowness" in Cheesemaking Due to Bacteriophage in Two Factories in England During 1943 Alexander Toravil Robert Mattick, Agnes A. Nichols, J. Z. Wolf. '.N ...
Alexander Toravil Robert Mattick, Agnes A. Nichols, J. Z. Wolf, 1944
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Bacteriophage for the Elimination of Methicillin-resistant ...
The long-term goal of this study is the development of a bacteriophage-containing ointment for the control of MRSA nasal carriage.
Angela Clem, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACTERIOPHAGE»

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Characterizing Viruses and Viral Vaccines with Nanoparticle …
In a systematic experimental study on the influence of different bacteriophage (phage) traits on the formation of a plaque, the use of NTA in the ... «AZoNano.com, Jul 15»
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Bacteria-Eating Viruses Could Be New Ally Against Superbugs In A …
EU and U.S. authorities convene bacteriophage meetings. By Ben Hirschler LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Alarmed by rising resistance to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Brookline's Maya Sekhar wins grand prize at state science fair
As Sekhar describes it, a bacteriophage or “phage” is an small virus that is programmed to attach to a specific bacteria and reproduce within it ... «Wicked Local Brookline, Jul 15»
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A new tissue-specific FLCN-deficient mouse model of renal …
Sauer B, Henderson N. Site-specific DNA recombination in mammalian cells by the Cre recombinase of bacteriophage P1. Proc Natl Acad Sci ... «ScienceBlog.com, Jul 15»
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Using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) to Assess Nanoparticle …
(2012) reported significant reduction in Escherichia coli O157:H7 contamination of lettuce and beef using a bacteriophage cocktail which, ... «AZoNano.com, Jul 15»
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INSIGHT-Superbug threat prompts West to revisit Soviet-era virus …
EU and U.S. authorities convene bacteriophage meetings. By Ben Hirschler. LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Alarmed by rising resistance to ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
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Phagemids As Targeted Anti-Microbial Agents
New research, as shown by this paper, makes use of bacteriophage's targeting abilities but prevents them from lysing the bacterial cell. Instead ... «Outbreak News Today, Jul 15»
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Chemical biology A machine to manage modifications
... of Texas Health Science Center professor Rui Sousa turned to a natural solution: the bacteriophage-derived T7 RNA polymerase enzyme. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Making pathogens sociable: The emergence of high relatedness …
Generalized transduction in Bacillus thuringiensis var. berliner 1715 using bacteriophage CP-54Ber. J Gen Microbiol 121: 203–212. | PubMed ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Viral assemblage composition in Yellowstone acidic hot springs …
As controls, all viruses, including the 67 archaeal viruses and the Illumina loading control (bacteriophage φX174) in the NCBI RefSeq database ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

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