Meet the editor

Dr. Sonia Bhonchal Bhardwaj, Ph.D., is a senior assistant professor at the Department of Microbiology, Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. She has published several international publications in reputed journals as well as books, book chapters, and congress proceedings. Dr. Bhardwaj has received grants from the Department of Science and Technology (India) and

has worked on biofilm formation in *Enterococcus faecalis* in periodontitis, *Streptococcus mutans*, and phage therapy. She is a member of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiology (IAMM), Gastrointestinal Infection Society of India (GISI), Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), and Society for Bacteriophage Therapy (SBRT).

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface XI**

Introduction to Bacteriophages **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 25**

Bacteriophage Therapy **37**

**Chapter 4 39**

**Chapter 5 53**

**Chapter 6 71**

**Chapter 7 83**

Bacteriophages: The Good Side of the Viruses

*Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento* 

*by Sonia Bhonchal Bhardwaj and Seema Kumari*

Viruses of Extremely Halophilic Prokaryotes

Light and Phages on Tackle of Infectious Diseases *by Felipe de Paula Nogueira Cruz, Andréa Cristina Bogas* 

*by Amresh Kumar Singh, Vivek Gaur and Ankur Kumar*

*by Ayariga Joseph Atia, Abugri Daniel Azumah, Bedi Deepa* 

Role of Phage Therapy in COVID-19 Infection: Future Prospects

*by Chelsea Truitt and Ratnakar Deole*

*and Cristina Paiva de Sousa*

Fecal Virome Transplantation *by Derek Lin and Henry C. Lin*

*and Derrick Dean*

Tuning Phage for Cartilage Regeneration

*and Geusa Felipa de Barros Bezerra*

Oral Bacteriophages

**Section 2**

*by Igor Vinícius Pimentel Rodrigues, Katia Regina Assunção Borges,* 
