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MeSH Heading: Bacteriophages
Tree Number(s): B04.123
Unique ID: D001435
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001435
Annotation: coordinate with specific bacterium /‌virol but note many specific bacteriophages are available; phages used to treat disease = PHAGE THERAPY
Scope Note: Viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells.
Entry Term(s): Phages
NLM Classification #: QW 161
See Also: Genetic Vectors; Lysogeny
Public MeSH Note: 75; was BACTERIOPHAGE 1963-74
Online Note: use BACTERIOPHAGES to search BACTERIOPHAGE 1966-74
History Note: 75; was BACTERIOPHAGE 1963-74
Date Established: 1975/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Bacteriophages MeSH Descriptor Data 2025