Huge bacteria-eating viruses found in DNA from gut of pregnant women and Tibetan hot spring

(University of Melbourne) University of Melbourne and the University of California, Berkeley, scientists have discovered hundreds of unusually large, bacteria-killing viruses with capabilities normally associated with living organisms. The findings provide new insight into the constant warfare between phages and bacteria. They also have implications for human disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news