Springer recently published a textbook, "Bacteriophages: Biology, Technology, Therapy," which covers the fundamentals of bacteriophage biology, their use in medicine, veterinary science, and agriculture, phage preparation production technology, and regulatory aspects of phage use. All sections of the book are now freely available at this link.

The aim of the textbook "Bacteriophages: Biology, Technology, Therapy" is to provide the most up-to-date, reliable information on all relevant aspects of the study and application of bacteriophages, particularly their application in medicine. The book was edited by David R. Harper, Stephen T. Abedon, Benjamin H. Burrowes, and Malcolm L. McConville. Sections of the textbook were written by various authors—recognized experts in the relevant fields.

Separate sections of the publication are devoted to the following issues:

- production of phage preparations: from the first attempts to GMP,

- pharmacology and immunology of phages,

- clinical trials of phage preparations,

- bacteriophages in nanotechnology,

- industrial processes in which phages are involved,

- phages and intellectual property rights,

- bacteriophages and biofilms,

- how the phage gets into the bacteria,

- antagonistic coevolution of phages and bacteria and its significance for phage therapy,

- phage ecology,

- phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer (transduction),

- the use of phages in plant growing,

- detection of phages: phage plaques,

- phage detection: genomic analysis systems,

- endolysins and baquetriocins,

- food safety,

- genetics and genomics of phages,

- isolation of phages,

- phage display technology,

- regulatory aspects of the therapeutic use of phages in Europe and the USA,

- selection of therapeutic targets for the use of phages,

- structure and functions of bacteriophages,

- temperate phages, prophage and lysogeny.

- use of phages in veterinary medicine

and so on.

All sections of the book can be downloaded here: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40598-8