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Bacteriophage ndi kachilombo kamene kamalowa ndi kubwereza mkati mwa mabakiteriya ndi archaea. Bacteriophages ndi m'gulu lazinthu zodziwika bwino komanso zosiyanasiyana mu biosphere, zomwe zimapezeka kulikonse komwe mabakiteriya amapezeka. Umboni woyambirira wa kukhalapo kwawo unadza pamene katswiri wa bakiteriya Wachingelezi Ernest Hanbury Hankin anasimba mu 1896 kuti chinachake m’madzi a Ganges ndi Yamuna mitsinje ku India chinali ndi zochita zodziŵika antibacterial motsutsana ndi kolera], koma zinali zochepa kwambiri kotero kuti zimatha kudutsa muzosefera zabwino kwambiri.

Chithunzichi ndi transmission electron micrograph pafupifupi 200,000× magnification, kusonyeza ma bacteriophage ambiri omwe ali kunja kwa bakiteriya sell wall.

Ngongole ya zithunzi: Paul Boyer; yobwezeretsedwa ndi Adam Cuerden

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• Paulette del Baye
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• Saint Michael's Castle