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Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

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Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

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The viruses that pose the biggest risk to public health have been revealed. Among the viral pathogen families classed as high ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." ...