Phages infect bacteria and are able to transfer genes during this process. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Students isolate novel bacteriophage from the environment and characterize those phage using current research techniques including electron microscopy and DNA analysis. The genomic DNA from some of ...

The scanning electron microscope is a type of electron microscope ... generate precise images of organisms as tiny as viruses and bacteriophages.

This has not proved to be the case, however, for a group of undergraduates analyzing bacteriophages in environmental samples ... who utilized transmission electron microscopy to obtain detailed images ...

While preparing slides to be examined under a powerful microscope, a team of McMaster researchers who frequently work with bacteriophage ... be seen alive under an electron microscope.