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Superbugs: Apocalypse … Now?
Science Vs
The Importance of Phage in Bacteria
Phages do not harm humans. They cannot infect human cells. Instead, phages only infect and then kill bacterial cells. Phage reads to eat. So are these viruses eating the bacteria? No, they're so little. They can like nibble on them. But aren't viruses supposed to be bad? Here's the catch. These viruses use those tiny little legs to sense their environment. And they're hunting for one thing, bacteria. Once they recognize one they like, they latch onto it, inject their genetic material inside it,. Then they tell the bacteria, you know what? You are going to stop doing what you were normally doing.
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