Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular Biology

Contents
List of Contributors
1 The New Phage Biology: from Genomics to Applications • Olivia McAuliffe, R. Paul Ross, and Gerald F. Fitzgerald
2 Bacteriophage Bioinformatics and Genomics • Carlos A. Canchaya, Marco Ventura, and Douwe van Sinderen
3 Bacteriophage in the Environment • Markus G. Weinbauer, Martin Agis, Osana Bonilla-Findji, Andrea Malits, and Christian Winter
4 Bacteriophages and Food Fermentations • Eric Emond and Sylvain Moineau
5 Bacteriophages in Medicine • Andrzej Górski, Jan Borysowski, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, and Beata-Weber-Dąbrowska
6 Phage Therapy: the Western Perspective • Harald Brüssow
7 Bacteriophage–Host Interaction in Lactic Acid Bacteria • Christina Skovgaard Vegge, John Gerard Kenny, Lone Brøndsted, Stephen Mc Grath, and Douwe van Sinderen
8 Transfer of DNA from Phage to Host • Lucienne Letellier, Laure Plançon, and Pascale Boulanger
9 Prophages and their Contribution to Host Cell Phenotype • W. Michael McShan and Joseph J. Ferretti
10 Prophage Induction of Phage λ • John W. Little
11 Phage φ29: Membrane-associated DNA Replication and Mechanism of Alternative Infection Strategy • Wilfried J.J. Meijer, Daniel Muñoz-Espín, Virginia Castilla-Llorente, and Margarita Salas
12 Release of Progeny Phages from Infected Cells • Carlos São-José, João G. Nascimento, Ricardo Parreira, and Mário A. Santos
Index
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