PhageBase.org
About PhageBase.org
A phage, also called a bacteriophage, is a virus that infects a bacterial cell. The phage is used to “eat” bateria in serious infections such as E. coli. Phages were discovered in the early 1900’s and people were treated by them. In the Soviet Union, they were used until the 1940’s. Phage research is resurfacing again because of some infections that are not responding well to antibiotics. Phages could be a better solution.
