How to introduce a new bacteriophage on the block: a short guide to phage classification.

abstract

• Bacteriophage (phage) studies established the field of molecular biology and continue to propel life science research forward due to their diversity, abundance, and potential applications. In this Gem article, we orient newcomers to four common ways phages are currently classified: infection cycle, morphology, taxonomy, and supergroup. By using these classifications, researchers can determine where any novel phage fits into the scheme of the known "phage-verse".

authors

• Ramsey, Jolene

published proceedings

• J Virol

author list (cited authors)

• Valencia-Toxqui, G., & Ramsey, J.

complete list of authors

• Valencia-Toxqui, Guadalupe||Ramsey, Jolene

editor list (cited editors)

• Mukhopadhyay, S.

publisher

• American Society for Microbiology  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Virology  Journal

keywords

• Bacteriophages
• Classification
• Genome, Viral
• Lifestyle
• Lysogenic
• Lytic
• Morphology
• Supergroup
• Taxonomy
• Temperate
• Virulent

PubMed Central ID

• 39264154

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1128/jvi.01821-23

start page

• e0182123

end page

• e01823

volume

• 98

issue

• 10