noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
Bacteriophages or phage are viruses that invade bacterial cells and, in the case of lytic phages, disrupt bacterial metabolism and cause the bacterium to lyse [destruct]. Phage Therapy is the therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections. Bacterial Host Specificity. The bacterial host range of phage is generally narrower than that found in the antibiotics that have been selected for clinical applications.
Phage therapy or viral phage therapy is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.Phage therapy has many potential applications in human medicine as well as dentistry, veterinary science, and agriculture.If the target host of a phage therapy treatment is not an animal the term  biocontrol  (as in phage-mediated biocontrol of bacteria) is usually employed, rather than phage therapy.f the target host of a phage therapy treatment is not an animal the term  biocontrol  (as in phage-mediated biocontrol of bacteria) is usually employed, rather than phage therapy.