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Industrial Processes Involving Bacteriophages

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Bacteriophages are viruses which are able to infect and kill bacteria. Due to their natural properties, they can have serious impacts on some bioprocesses that are driven by bacteria. In general, the extent of the interference with a bioprocess by bacteriophage presence is dependent on many factors. The properties of bacterial components of bioprocesses, however, seem to be key factors in maintaining bioprocess integrity in the face of contaminating phages. Bacteriophages may also provide benefits in some circumstances – in the form of prophages, they may, for example, boost the metabolism of the host cells, increasing bacterial productivity. Phages may also be used as biocides in order to eliminate unwanted bacterial contaminants. Their role in various bioprocesses is discussed in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Bacterial Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Marcin Łoś

  2. Phage Consultants, Gdansk, Poland

    Marcin Łoś

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  1. Evolution Biotechnologies, Bedfordshire, UK

    David R. Harper

  2. Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH, USA

    Stephen T. Abedon

  3. Evolution Biotechnologies, Georgetown, TX, USA

    Benjamin H. Burrowes

  4. Evolution Biotechnologies, Bedfordshire, UK

    Malcolm L. McConville

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Łoś, M. (2021). Industrial Processes Involving Bacteriophages. In: Harper, D.R., Abedon, S.T., Burrowes, B.H., McConville, M.L. (eds) Bacteriophages. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41986-2_39

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