What is the meaning of Phage?

A virus that is parasitic on bacteria.

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φᾰγεῖν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1543

Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann: Phage or phages. Bacteriophage Ecology Group (BEG) News, vol 14, 2002-10-01

synonym of bactériophage

alternative form of fage

Source: wiktionary.org

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