- The bacteria are known to coordinate their behavior through quorum sensing, a new study has shown that viruses can eavesdrop on those signals, to launch infections only when there are enough hosts around. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/some-viruses-can-eavesdrop-their-hosts/578071/ 3 comments science
Linking pages
- The Revolutionary Discovery of a Distributed Virus - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/the-revolutionary-discovery-of-a-distributed-virus/584884/ 38 comments
- A Ton of Giant Viruses Are Living in Your Mouth - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/02/oh-look-ton-giant-viruses-inside-your-mouth/606763/ 11 comments
- The ‘Golden Death’ Digests Worms From Inside Out - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/the-golden-death-that-digests-worms-from-inside-out/583648/ 0 comments
- How Engineered Viruses Cured a Dying Girl’s Infections - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/engineered-viruses-cured-a-dying-girls-infections/589075/ 0 comments
Linked pages
- Do you speak virus? Phages caught sending chemical messages | Nature http://www.nature.com/news/do-you-speak-virus-phages-caught-sending-chemical-messages-1.21313 10 comments
- Mail-Order Viruses Are The New Antibiotics http://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/mail-order-viruses-are-the-new-antibiotics#.gywqX81EY 1 comment
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