Bacterial Viruses
A section of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915).
Section Information
The section ‘Bacterial Viruses’ covers both bacteriophages and archaeal viruses. The topics include mechanistic studies of phage structure, phage evolution, gene expression and regulation, genome replication, virion assembly, phage–host interactions, phage therapy, and other phage applications.
Please note that we aim not to publish papers that report the phage sequence annotation accompanied only by the conventional characterization of the phage, such as TEM image, phylogeny, pH and temperature stability, host range, and single-step growth curves. More complete stories are requested with additional data on one or all of the following: experimental identification of the phage receptor, proteomic analysis of the phage particle-associated proteins, transcriptomics (RNA-seq) on phage-infected bacteria, and experimental identification of phage promoters. As an exception, Bacterial Viruses will consider short communications equivalent to “genome announcements” on novel isolated phages, particularly those that infect obscure hosts or difficult-to-work-with hosts.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Archaeal Virology 2.0 (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Biotechnological Applications of Phage and Phage-Derived Proteins 4.0 (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Inoviruses (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Bacteriophage-Based Biocontrol in Agriculture, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Bacteriophages and Biofilms 2.0 (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Viruses versus Bacteria—Novel Approaches to Phage Therapy as a Tool against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens: Second Edition (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Genetics and Molecular Biology of Nucleotide Modifications in Bacteriophages (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Bacteriophage Applications in Animals (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Phage Assembly Pathways — to the Memory of Lindsay Black 2.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Discovery, Classification, and Early Research on the Lipid-Containing, Double-Stranded RNA Bacteriophage φ6 (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Bacteriophage Diversity (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Diversity and Evolution of Viruses in Ecosystem (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Phage-Bacteria Interplay in Health and Disease, Second Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Bacteriophage Lytic Proteins (Deadline: 31 December 2024)