"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 more than a ...

Scientists are looking toward a class of large viruses called jumbo phages as they develop new and more capable antibiotics. Thanks to their bacteria-heavy "diet," these viruses could be the key ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

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 ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, “phages.” Scientists ...

They performed density gradient centrifugation to separate phages from bacterial lysates and found that the bacteria that expressed Bil produced a higher density band in the gradient. When the ...

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 ...