To understand how Bil works, Sorek’s team compared phage progeny from infected bacteria with and without the system. They performed density gradient centrifugation to separate phages from bacterial ...

The Phage Genomics Lab courses ,sponsored by the HHMI Science Education Alliance, offers introductory biology students an authentic research experience. Students isolate novel bacteriophage from the ...

Bacteriophages, the most abundant life form on Earth, infect bacterial cells and influence the structure of the microbial community. To fend off phage attacks, bacteria have evolved their own defense ...