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What doesn't kill ya (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As far as I know it's kind of a good guy virus but I think it's very specialised on what kind of bacteria it kills so maybe there is a variant that kills all the good bacteria in us. And that can't be too good, I imagine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Bacteriophages present in the environment can cause cheese to not ferment.

Bacteriophage - Detriments / Wikipedia.org

Bad guy bacteriophage ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿง€