๐Ÿ”ฌ Polyphage

A phage capsid into which more than one class="bap-term">phage genome has been packaging.

by Stephen T. Abedon Ph.D. (abedon.1@osu.edu)

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About this entry: Polyphage is one of a growing set of phage biology and phage therapy terms defined here. For more phage terms, see Abedon, S.T. (2025). Phage Therapy Annotated Glossary. Preprints.org. 10.20944/preprints202508.0347.v1

phage.org/terms/polyphage.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Polyphage: A phage capsid into which more than one class="bap-term">phage genome has been packaging.

Discussion

<p>Polyphage can also be described equivalently to the terms polyphagous and polyphagy, meaning the consumption by an organism or species of more than one food type. This latter usage is not wholly equivalent to that of multiple phage types, though some overlap exists to the extent that multiple phage types can have collective host ranges – with different bacterial strains that are broader than those of monophages.

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org  ·  10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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