Auxiliary metabolic genes expand understanding of phages and their reprogramming strategy
by Julia Reichelt, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52726-3 Viruses that infect bacteria—known as bacteriophages—could be used in a targeted manner to combat bacterial diseases. They also play an important ecological role in global biogeochemical cycles. Recent research by researchers at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) has identified […]