Bacteriophages and biotechnology: a revi
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Trevor Marks; Richard Sharp
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Article
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2000
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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Bacteriophages are viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells. Like all viruses, phages are metabolically inert in their extra-cellular form, reproducing only after infecting suitable host bacteria. Discovered over 80 years ago, they have played a key role in the development of modern biotechnology. Th