The escalating crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) necessitates the urgent development of alternatives to traditional antibiotics. Bacteriophage (phage) therapy, which utilizes viruses that specifically infect and lyse bacteria, has re-emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy. This review comprehensively examines the current landscape, beginning with the modern, genome-based classification of phages and detailing their...

Aim Considering the importance of microclimate in maintaining the diversity of epiphytic bryophytes, we investigated epiphytic bryophytes along an elevational gradient in the subtropical forest of eastern China to unravel the diversity patterns of epiphytic liverworts and mosses along the elevational gradients and the roles of forest microclimates, topographic variables and host plant composition attributes in shaping these el...