The Importance of Phages in Bacteria

Phages, unlike catch-all antibiotics, are like incredibly specific keys. Ray and the Navy would need to see if they could find a single phage among the hundred or so they had in their larder. Phages live in places where bacteria can go rampant. One of the first places microbiologists will look is in places where waste accumulates.

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