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Fresh graduate, Faculty of Science, major Biochemistry and microbiology.

What is bacteriophage? → A bacteriophage is a virus that infects a bacterial cell and reproduces inside it. They vary a lot in their shape and genetic material. A bacteriophage may contain DNA or RNA. The genes range from four to several thousand. Their capsid can be isohedral, filamentous, or head-tail in shape. How many bacteria are killed by phages? → According to Forest Rowher, PhD, a microbial ecologist at San Diego State University, and colleagues in their book Life in Our Phage World, phages cause a trillion trillion successful infections per second and destroy up to 40 percent of all bacterial cells in the ocean every day. #bacteria #bacteriophages #virology #microbiology #microbiologylab #biology #bioscience #biotechnology #research #microbiologist #lifesciences #reels #trending

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