"Who discovered bacteriophage?".

Bacteriophage tales

A correspondent has asked me about the origins of a legend which has become known as 'The phage in the letter'. Common to all variants of this story is the following: one scientist, called X, sends a request to another, Z, for a particular bacteriophage strain which Z has discovered. Z replies saying he is not sending it out. X thereupon plates out the letter and retrieves the phage from it. So...

Epidemiological Studies on Ruman Brucellosis in Iran and the Identification by Bacteriophage

Studies on Bacteriophage and Metabolic Identification of Brucella Strains

Bacteriophage therapy: experience from the Eliava Institute, Georgia

The lysis of bacteria by bacteriophage was independently discovered by Frederick Twort 1 and Felix d’Herelle 2 but it was d’Herelle who proposed that bacteriophage might be applied to the control of bacterial diseases. Within the former Soviet Union (FSU), bacteriophage therapy was researched and applied extensively for the treatment of a wide range of bacterial infections. In the West, however...

Evaluation of Specific Bacteriophage Against Salmonella infantis and Its Antibacterial Effects Compared to Ciprofloxacin in In Vitro Conditions

Background and Objective: Phage therapy could be used as an alternative method to antibiotic treatments. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activities of isolated lytic bacteriophage against ciprofloxacin-resistant strain of Salmonella infanits in vitro conditions. Materials and Methods: The standard strain of Salmonella infantis  and its specific bacteriophage was iso...