Researchers find intestinal bacteria create phages for use as weapons
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 11:02
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—Researchers at the University of Texas have found that a certain type of bacteria that lives in the mammalian gut creates a virus to kill off competitors. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team says their discovery came about purely by accident.