The Resistance of Cholera to Bacteriophage Viruses Decrypted by EPFL Researchers

A team of the Lausanne institution has discovered that a well-known cholera strain has sophisticated immune systems that allow it to repel viruses that attack its bacteria. This has undoubtedly favoured a devastating epidemic in Latin AmericaThe cholera bacteria not only fight against antibiotics and public health measures, they are also constantly attacked by bacteriophages (phages), in other words viruses that infect and kill bacteria, says Mo…

How cholera bacteria outsmart viruses