Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules enter.

It uses this genetic material to create a restricted space inside bacteria where it can copy its DNA while ... Jumbo phages ...

“Phage viruses, or bacteriophages, could be thought of as ‘the good guys’ of the virus world. This new groundbreaking research shows that inside each bacterial cell different defence systems ...

Biologists converted gut bacteria into miniature protein factories that manufacture and release a sustained flow of targeted proteins inside the lower intestines. This technique solves one of the ...

coli can deploy a chemical called colibactin to reawaken long-dormant viruses inside bacteria ... Throughout a bacterium’s life, bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—insert their DNA into its ...

"Conducting research through the SEA-PHAGES program was the first time in my academic career where I felt what I learned in ...

Bacteriophage ... itself to a bacterium and the replicates itself inside the host by injecting its genome into the host's cytoplasm. Then the bacteria become like a factory and multiply ...

They thrive on the abundant biopolymer lignocellulose, depending upon a phy-logenetically diverse community of hindgut microbes including Bacteria, Archaea, and unicellular amitochondriate Eukarya for ...

However, the bacteriophage name reveals its useful purpose: It is a bacteria eater that can infect and destroy bacteria. Bacteriophages infecting bacteria, illustration. In their paper ...

bacteriovorus cells both inside and outside prey bacteria, indicating that the protein is essential ... but also wonders if the protein may have a shielding action against bacteriophages or arsenal in ...

Jumbo phages belong to a group of viruses called bacteriophages, or phages for short, which were discovered more than a century ago. Initially, phages were seen as a way to treat bacterial ...