What is a Bacteriophage and how does it work?
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Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. They work the same way as other viruses: they inject their own genetic code and hijack the cell’s machinery to make more viruses.
It’s a cool name for a virus that infects bacteria. They [__look like this__](https://textbookofbacteriology.net/phagestructure.jpg) and are essentially just really small DNA/RNA injectors that shoot their DNA/RNA into bacteria who then unknowingly start producing more bacteriophages.
This has the side effect of killing the bacteria in many cases which has formed the basis of [phage therapy](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0478-4) which might soon become a more widely available treatment for antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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