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{{Quote||These fly microbiota are bacteriophagic or "germ-eating". Bacteriophages are viruses of viruses. They attack viruses and bacteria. They can be selected and bred to kill specific organisms. The viruses infect a bacterium, replicate and fill the bacterial cell with new copies of the virus, and then break through the bacterium's cell wall, causing it to burst. The existence of similar bacteria-killing mechanisms in two bacteriophages suggests that antibiotics for human infections might be designed on the basis of these cell wall-destroying proteins. Science 292 (June 2001) p. 2326-2329.}} | {{Quote||These fly microbiota are bacteriophagic or "germ-eating". Bacteriophages are viruses of viruses. They attack viruses and bacteria. They can be selected and bred to kill specific organisms. The viruses infect a bacterium, replicate and fill the bacterial cell with new copies of the virus, and then break through the bacterium's cell wall, causing it to burst. The existence of similar bacteria-killing mechanisms in two bacteriophages suggests that antibiotics for human infections might be designed on the basis of these cell wall-destroying proteins. Science 292 (June 2001) p. 2326-2329.}} | ||
A. Bacteriophages do not attack other viruses. | A. Bacteriophages do not attack other viruses.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://web.archive.org/web/20060522093342/http://www.cat.cc.md.us/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit2/viruses/lytlc.html| title = The Lytic Life Cycle| publisher = Community College of Baltimore County| author = Dr. Gary Kaiser| date = January 16, 2002| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20060522093342%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cat.cc.md.us%2Fcourses%2Fbio141%2Flecguide%2Funit2%2Fviruses%2Flytlc.html&date=2013-07-29| deadurl = no}}</ref> | ||
B. Not all bacteriophages encode cell-wall destroying proteins to lyse host cells. | B. Not all bacteriophages encode cell-wall destroying proteins to lyse host cells. | ||
===They misinterpret scientific facts=== | ===They misinterpret scientific facts=== | ||