CellBioNewsResearch team identifies new approach to tackling #bacterial #infections.
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-team-approach-tackling-bacterial-infections.html
How #bacteria recognize #viral invasion and activate #immune defenses.
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-bacteria-viral-invasion-immune-defenses.html
How bacteria recognize viral invasion and activate immune defenses
There's no organism on Earth that lives free of threat—including bacteria. Predatory viruses known as phages are among their most dire foes, infiltrating their cells to replicate and take over. Bacteria have evolved an array of strategies to counter these infections, but how they first spot an invader in their midst has long been a mystery.