How many #plasmids can #bacteria carry? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 🦠🧬 Dive into the lytic cycle! A bacteriophage injects DNA, hijacks the host, and rapidly replicates until the bacterium lyses, releasing a new swarm of virulent phages! #blender #3D #cgi #science #research #biology #phage #lyticcycle #bacteria #scicomm #sciart

Interesting, I got this domain on my phage putative tail protein..and they did not show typical halos around the plaques...

This work was equally driven by two PhD students, Aleksandra Otwinowska (experiments) and Janusz Koszucki (bioinformatics). Check out the preprint or DM if you want to learn more. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We discovered a widespread class of SGNH hydrolase–containing RBPs — enzymes structurally related to deacetylases. They likely modify capsules (e.g. by removing acetyl groups) instead of degrading them — a very different phage infection strategy!

Very grateful for the opportunity and excited about the findings. We got the phages with unique armour: long Shelf-life even after multiple freeze-thawing for 12 months.

We have been working on ways to find #phage with long shelf-life and this one is a winner. 12 months freeze-thawing as much as you like, no loss of viability #phageSky #microSky rdcu.be/ewnzT