Bacteria's mysterious viruses can fan flames of antibiotic damage, according to new model

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Apr 28, 2025, 11:00 am94 pts
Some things just go together in your belly: peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses. For the bacterial species that inhabit your gut, there's a frenzy of viruses called bacteriophages that naturally infect them. Although they co-evolved with bacteria, phages get far less…

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Bacteria's mysterious viruses can fan flames of antibiotic damage, according to new model

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