TY  - CHAP
AU  - James A. Zahn
AU  - Mathew C. Halter
ED  - Renos Savva
Y1  - 2018-11-05
PY  - 2018
T1  - Surveillance and Elimination of Bacteriophage Contamination in an Industrial Fermentation Process
N2  - Bacteriophages are viruses that utilise bacterial cells as factories for their own propagation and as safe havens for their genomic material. They are capable of equipping bacteria with properties that bestow environmental advantages. They are also capable of specifically and efficiently killing bacteria.Bacteriophages are resilient in a wide diversity of environments, presumed to be as ancient as life itself, and are estimated to be the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Their overarching capacity to survive via molecular adaptation is supported by an arsenal of encoded enzymatic tools, which also enabled biotechnology. This volume includes contributions that describe bacteriophages as nanomachines, genetic engineers, and also as medicines and technologies of the future, including relevant production and process issues.
BT  - Bacteriophages
SP  - Ch. 6
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81151
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.81151
SN  - 978-1-83880-446-6
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-16
ER  -