Comments on: Antibiotic Apocalypse. Again. https://rectofossal.com/antibiotic-apocalypse/ Fighting Stupidity with Science Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 By: wzrd1 https://rectofossal.com/antibiotic-apocalypse/#comment-3557 Sun, 29 Nov 2015 17:06:53 +0000 http://www.rectofossal.com/?p=2076#comment-3557 Bacteriophages are interesting, they can simply kill bacteria that they’re infecting, add virulence factors to bacteria, reproduce slowly until the bacteria is stressed and then reproduce rapidly, killing the bacteria and are typically highly specialized for species and sub-species, infecting only one specific variety of bacteria.
All while having the physical appearance of nature’s answer to the erector set.

One additional approach would be to have a phage target specific plasmids, eliminating the resistant portion of the plasmid along its way to cellular destruction.

As for icky, nothing is more icky than being eaten alive, be it by a tiger or trillions of bacteria. Bring on the phages!
Make mine a double.

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