Contents 

FOREWORD, Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INTRODUCTION
E. Kutter and A. Sulakvelidze
BACTERIOPHAGE RESEARCH: EARLY HISTORY
W.C. Summers
BASIC PHAGE BIOLOGY
B. Guttman, R. Raya, and E. Kutter; BOX, K. Gachechiladze
BACTERIOPHAGE CLASSIFICATION
H-W. Ackermann
GENOMICS AND EVOLUTION OF TAILED PHAGES
H. Brussow and E. Kutter
PHAGE ECOLOGY
H. Brussow and E. Kutter
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PHAGE INFECTION
E. Kutter, R. Raya, and K. Carlson
BACTERIOPHAGES AND BACTERIAL VIRULENCE
E.F. Boyd
PHAGE FOR THE DETECTION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
C.E.D. Rees and M.J. Loessner
CONTROL OF BACTERIOPHAGES IN INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATIONS
S. Moineau and C. Levesque
PHAGE AS VECTORS AND TARGETED DELIVERY VEHICLES
C. Westwater and D.A. Schofield
THE USE OF PHAGE LYTIC ENZYMES TO CONTROL BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
V.A. Fischetti
PHAGE THERAPY IN ANIMALS AND AGRIBUSINESS
A. Sulakvelidze and P. Barrow
BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY IN HUMANS
A. Sulakvelidze and E. Kutter
APPENDIX: METHODS, K. Carlson