1997). When isolated, E. coli K-12 carried the bacteriophage lambda plus the defective lambdoid prophages, CP4-57, DLP12, Rac and Qin, and the element, e14 (Blattner et al., 1997). Of these ...
A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages ...