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Could phages play a role in microbial adaptation to spaceflight conditions? Iris Irby and Jared Broddrick (NASA Ames Research Center) have shown that bacterial strains from the International Space Station show significant differences in pha

Chutikarn Chitboonthavisuk (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and colleagues published a new preprint on systematic genome-wide discovery of host factors governing phage infectivity. They describe 'PHAGEPACK', a novel assay combining CRISPR

Stephanie Lynch (University of Sydney) and colleagues published the results of a survey on clinical needs and attitudes towards phage therapy among the cystic fibrosis community. The study highlights a significant reliance on antibiotics am

The World Health Organization (WHO) is hosting a webinar on environmental use of phages on May 16. This is the third and final in the series exploring the broader use of phages from an AMR One Health perspective. Watch the first two in the

Registration is now open for the 2024 International Soil Virus Conference! Soil virologists and enthusiasts will gather to explore the multifaceted roles of soil viruses within a One Health framework, with a special focus on meta-omics cha

The Phage Bioinformatics Wish List Survey is live! (Thanks to the 31 respondents to date! The data is shaping up to be super informative!) This survey aims to better understand the needs and satisfaction levels of phage biologists regardi

From David Bikard via Twitter: Hello phage phriends. Do you have examples of anti-phage defense systems that were shown to tolerate lysogeny but target the phage when it enters its lytic cycle ? (beyond type III CRISPR)

Catherine Hernandez (University of California, Berkeley) provides evidence supporting the role of coevolution in maintaining diversity among phages, revealing that coevolved phages have more mutations and greater congruence across populatio

Wanangwa Ndovie (Jagiellonian University) and colleagues published a new preprint on rapid, accurate estimation of genetic relatedness between millions of viral genome pairs using a new tool called MANIAC.

Despite their unique biology and biotech potential, only a small number of plasmid-dependent phages have been characterized. Natalia Quinones-Olvera (Harvard Medical School) and colleagues published the results of their recent systematic se

Jun-Tao Zhang (Southern University of Science and Technology, China) colleagues have shown the structural basis for phage-mediated activation and repression of the anti-phage defense system DSR2. They use cryoEM to show how DSR2 interacts w

Bradley Schmitz (National University of Singapore) and colleagues have established criteria for identifying good surrogates for water reuse, including 11 viruses, 2 phages, and 3 bacteria.

Braunstein and colleagues report in The Veterinary Quarterly the personalized phage-antibiotic treatment of a cat with a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa implant-associated infection after arthrodesis surgery: a tailored anti-P. a

Graham Hatfull, a phage researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his distinguished achievements in research, recognizing his work on mycobacteriophages and his extensive catalog of thes

Registration is now open for the 2024 International Soil Virus Conference! Soil virologists and enthusiasts will gather to explore the multifaceted roles of soil viruses within a One Health framework, with a special focus on meta-omics cha

Ryan Cook (Quadram Institute) and colleagues investigated the differences in viral populations recovered from human gut samples using Nanopore and Illumina sequencing technologies, finding that while Illumina is preferable for fully resolve

Anisha M. Thanki (University of Leicester) and colleagues found that broad host range phages can effectively target and clear Clostridium perfringens in poultry.

Claire Kokontis (UC San Francisco) and colleagues have discovered the importance of conserved jumbo phage factors for protein import into a phage nucleus.

Jirapat Thongchol (Texas A&M University) and colleagues have shown how Pseudomonas phage PP7 utilizes the type IV pilus (T4P) to enter host cells.

Mateusz Szymczak (University of Warsaw) and colleagues have developed an effective antibiofilm strategy using phages armed with silver nanoparticles.