News vs pharmacy
English headlines skip the regulatory gap. A trial is not a yogurt aisle.
FDA and EMA talk about phage as regulated products in trials, not pantry items. This atlas will not teach you to isolate one.
The local lens is naming: bacteriophage, phage therapy, and ‘virus that infects bacteria’ should stay distinct from probiotic marketing.
Local notes
Tbilisi story
Phage clinics in Georgia are history and ongoing practice — still not a DIY brief.
Stewardship
Phages are discussed as one future tool against resistance. They are not a reason to skip medical care.
Official pages own schedules and treatment. This atlas does not.
More in Tree of microbes
Bacteria
Single-celled prokaryotes with cell walls — the oldest widespread life form, and both partners and pathogens.
Familiarity 95Viruses
Packets of DNA or RNA that are not cells — they replicate only inside living hosts.
Familiarity 96Fungi
A eukaryotic kingdom of yeasts, moulds and mushrooms — chitin walls, external digestion, partners of plants.
Familiarity 80Archaea
A prokaryotic domain that is not bacteria — methanogens, extremophiles and no known human pathogens.
Familiarity 35Protozoa
Motile unicellular eukaryotes — a teaching grade that includes pond ciliates and a minority of serious parasites.
Familiarity 58