The influence of external factors on bacteriophages—review

The ability of bacteriophages to survive under unfavorable conditions is highly diversified. We summarize the influence of different external physical and chemical factors, such as temperature, acidity, and ions, on phage persistence. The relationships between a phage’s morphology and its survival abilities suggested by some authors are also discussed. A better understanding of the complex problem of phage sensitivity to external factors may be useful not only for those interested in pharmaceutical and agricultural applications of bacteriophages, but also for others working with phages.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Folia Microbiologica (Prague)

• Publication date

  2011-05-31

• Fields of study

  Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Chemistry

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1007/s12223-011-0039-8PMID 21625877PMCID 3131515
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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