Scientists Discover Bacteria-Killing Viruses with Capabilities Normally Associated with Living Organ (IMAGE)

University of Melbourne

Scientists Discover Bacteria-Killing Viruses with Capabilities Normally Associated with Living Organ

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Depiction of a huge phage (red, left) and normal phages infecting a bacterial cell.

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UC Berkeley image courtesy of Jill Banfield lab

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