Helen Czerski on Nostr: Just finished The Good Virus by Tom Ireland. I had never thought about phages ...
Just finished The Good Virus by Tom Ireland. I had never thought about phages (viruses that infect bacteria) much before, but he makes a convincing case that they are a critical part of how all life on Earth works, in a very readable way. Highly recommended!
"For all the world's a phage..."
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