Artist’s illustration of bacteriophage viruses infecting a bacterium
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Gene-edited bacteriophages, or viruses that assault micro organism, could make doubtlessly harmful microbes in meals and water glow so they’re simpler to detect.
In the USA and the UK, ingesting water should comprise no Escherichia coli micro organism, which may trigger food-poisoning. However strategies for testing water for such doubtlessly harmful micro organism are both time-consuming or don’t reliably detect low microbial concentrations. Sam Nugen at Cornell College in New York and his colleagues wished to make use of bacteriophages as organic nanobots …
