Doug Hendrie
January 22 2019
Bacteriophage viruses seek out and kill specific bacteria – even drug-resistant strains.
Sewage water samples from around Australia arrive at Monash University every three months. Researchers blend the samples together to create a nasty cocktail. They then spike the mix with something that keeps doctors up at night – strains of bacteria most at risk of becoming multi-drug resistant. They incubate the blend and leave it overnight, waiting for the next day to see what’s happened. The bacterial population has usually taken a severe hit, burst open from within by bacteriophages, alien-looking hunter–killer viruses specialised to infect one specific strain of bacteria.
Read more: https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/cli...-biological-pr
Also of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTqJITdpMko