Phage infects bacterium (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Phage infects bacterium

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An artistic depiction of a jumbo phage infecting a bacterium, with the EPI vesicle (circle) shown protecting the phage DNA material, which is preparing to form a nucleus by synthesizing RNA (magenta) and protein (gray tails emerging from the EPI).

Credit

Margot Riggi

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Must be used in conjunction with Cell Host and Microbe research paper on phage EPI vesicle discovery.

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