Anthrax-killing Tsamsa Virus (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Anthrax-killing Tsamsa Virus

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The newly-isolated Tsamsa virus is a bacteriophage that infects and kills the anthrax bacterium and close relatives that cause food poisoning. It is one of the largest bacteriophages ever discovered.

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Jochen Klumpp, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

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