by Rafael Pinilla-Redondo
Have you ever wondered what goes on inside a bacterium when it's attacked by a phage? Imagine an epic battle between two armies, like in "The Lord of the Rings" but seen through a microscope. On the one hand, valiant phages try to assault, replicate, and spread to neighboring cells; and on the other, host defenses strive to thwart and contain the tiny invaders.
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