Bacteriophage infecting a bacterium. Illustration of a bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria, injecting its genetic material into a bacterium.

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Bacteriophage infecting a bacterium. Illustration of a bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria, injecting its genetic material into a bacterium. These genetic instructions are used by the bacterium to build new bacteriophages. The new bacteriophages accumulate and burst out of the bacterium, killing it.

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Photo credit: © ELLA MARU STUDIO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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