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Bacteriophages

Medical Definition:	Viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells.
Guide Notes:	= "bacterial virus"; GEN or unspecified: prefer specific available phages; for other phages, coord IM with specific bacterium /virol (NIM; IM only when identity of bacterium is particularly significant); policy: Manual 22.24.3

Bacteriophages Categories.

	Bacillus Phages - Viruses whose host is Bacillus. Frequently encountered Bacillus phages include bacteriophage phi 29 and bacteriophage phi 105.
	Caudovirales - An order comprising three families of tailed bacteriophages: MYOVIRIDAE; PODOVIRIDAE; and SIPHOVIRIDAE.
	Coliphages - Viruses whose host is Escherichia coli.
	Corticoviridae - A family of icosahedral, lipid-containing, non-enveloped bacteriophages containing one genus (Corticovirus).
	Cystoviridae - A family of bacteriophages containing one genus (Cystovirus) with one member (BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 6).
	Inoviridae - A family of rod-shaped or filamentous bacteriophages consisting of single-stranded DNA. There are two genera: INOVIRUS and PLECTROVIRUS.
	Microviridae - A large family of lytic bacteriophages infecting enterobacteria, SPIROPLASMA, BDELLOVIBRIO, and CHLAMYDIA. It contains four genera: MICROVIRUS, Spiromicrovirus, Bdellomicrovirus, and Chlamydiamicrovirus.
	Mycobacteriophages - Viruses whose host is one or more Mycobacterium species. They include both temperate and virulent types.
	Prophages - Genomes of temperate BACTERIOPHAGES integrated into the DNA of their bacterial host cell. The prophages can be duplicated for many cell generations until some stimulus induces its activation and virulence.
	Pseudomonas Phages - Viruses whose host is Pseudomonas. A frequently encountered Pseudomonas phage is BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 6.
	RNA Phages - Bacteriophages whose genetic material is RNA, which is single-stranded in all except the Pseudomonas phage phi 6 (BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 6). All RNA phages infect their host bacteria via the host's surface pili. Some frequently encountered RNA phages are: BF23, F2, R17, fr, PhiCb5, PhiCb12r, PhiCb8r, PhiCb23r, 7s, PP7, Q beta phage, MS2 phage, and BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 6.
	Salmonella Phages - Viruses whose host is Salmonella. A frequently encountered Salmonella phage is BACTERIOPHAGE P22.
	Staphylococcus Phages - Viruses whose host is Staphylococcus.
	Streptococcus Phages - Viruses whose host is Streptococcus.
	Tectiviridae - A family of lipid-containing bacteriophages with double capsids which infect both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. It has one genus, Tectivirus.

Bacteriophages Medical Definitions and Terms

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