Bacteriophages (phages), potentially the most numerous "organisms" on Earth, are the viruses of bacteria (more generally, of prokaryotes[1]). Phage ecology is the study of the interaction of bacteriophages with their environments.[2]
- ^ The term "prokaryotes" is useful to mean the sum of the bacteria and archaea but otherwise can be controversial, as discussed by Woese CR (June 2004). "A new biology for a new century". Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 68 (2): 173–86. doi:10.1128/MMBR.68.2.173-186.2004. PMC 419918. PMID 15187180.
The Dismantling of Bacteriology and a Deconstruction of the Procaryote
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Sapp J (September 2006). "Two faces of the prokaryote concept" (PDF). Int. Microbiol. 9 (3): 163–72. PMID 17061206. provides a history. - ^ This article on phage ecology was expanded from a stub during the writing of the first chapter of the edited monograph, Bacteriophage Ecology (forecasted publication date: March, 2008, Cambridge University Press), in order to be cited by that chapter especially as a repository of phage ecology review chapters and articles.