5 in Nature. "It's a surprisingly complicated thing for a phage to be doing," he said. Jumbo phages belong to a group of viruses called bacteriophages, or phages for short, which were discovered ...

5 in Nature. "It's a surprisingly complicated thing for a phage to be doing," he said. Jumbo phages belong to a group of viruses called bacteriophages, or phages for short, which were discovered ...

To stave off the immune system, scientists must call in the big guns: jumbo phages, or extra-large bacteriophages. Microbiologists in California have found that jumbo phages possess protective ...

In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists have sought to learn how the single-cell ...