The Genius of the Viruses That Infect Bacteria and Archaea
by
Merry Youle
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
It isn't easy to be a phage. First, what is a phage? A phage is a virus that infects Bacteria. To succeed, a phage must encounter, recognize, and enter a particular type of bacterial cell, then coerce it to make more phages rather than more cells. Of course, the cell resists this hostile takeover...