The bacteriophage protein (green) does not kill bacteria when the DNA repair protein is absent (left). It kills bacteria by inhibiting division (elongated bacteria) only when the DNA repair ...

The lysogenic cycle, or non-virulent infection, involves the virus assimilating its genome with the host cell’s genome to achieve replication without killing the host. Bacteriophage (phage) are ...

While these viral relationships certainly require near proximity for them to work, the new research is the first time a satellite bacteriophage — viruses that infects bacteria — has been ...