A phage-encoded counter-defense inhibits an NAD-degrading anti-phage defense system Author summary Bacterial viruses (bacteriophages or phages) are widespread and abundant across the planet. Bacteria have a variety of immune systems, often found on mobile genetic elements, to combat ...

👉 ICEBs1 protects against SPβ infection but Φ3T has a counter-defense gene!

Checkout this article we found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

#subtilis #SPβ #Φ3T #subtiwiki

First and only #afm photos from #SPβ⁠-Virus
Atomic Force Microscopy.
#Bacillus #phage #SPbeta #Spbetavirus
I made them with a #Nanoscope IIIa