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bacteriophage

virus that infects and replicates within bacteria
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Summary

bacteriophage ranks in the top 0.77% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,330 views/month, #596 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Félix d'Hérelle[2], Frederick Twort[3]
  • Subclass of: virus[4]
  • Has use: phage therapy[5]
  • Commons category: Bacteriophages[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bacteriophages[7]
  • Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 579.26[8]

Why It Matters

bacteriophage has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] bacteriophage is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['2m6Mt8', '170lCP']
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → phage therapy
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → virus
    Bbc things id → 4501f6d5-4d47-4892-9e35-c1657e154165
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 25303, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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