Phage hunting students find new bacteriophages in soils of St. Louis suburbs
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
Twelve students who had participated in an unusual biology course as freshmen have found two bacteriophages, viruses that prey exclusively on bacteria, in the soil of two suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri. As the finders, they had the naming rights; the new phages are called Angelica and Uncle Howie.