phage

Histones also might protect archaea against invaders, such as phages or transposable elements, which would find it harder to integrate into the genome when it’s wrapped around the proteins.
DNA’s Histone Spools Hint at How Complex Cells Evolved|Viviane Callier|May 10, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Periodically, Marlière searched genetic databases for other phages that have PurZ and might contain the elusive picky polymerase.
Some viruses thwart bacterial defenses with a unique genetic alphabet|Tina Hesman Saey|May 5, 2021|Science News
So Zhao and colleagues in China chose a phage called SH-Ab 15497 that infects Acinetobacter bacteria, and confirmed that its DNA alphabet also has Z in place of A, his team reports.
Some viruses thwart bacterial defenses with a unique genetic alphabet|Tina Hesman Saey|May 5, 2021|Science News
Why phages would bother with the unconventional DNA was still unknown.
Some viruses thwart bacterial defenses with a unique genetic alphabet|Tina Hesman Saey|May 5, 2021|Science News

By 2050, 10 million people are projected to die each year from antibiotic-resistant infections, and phages could be our last hope.
How to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcasts|Lauren Katz|April 16, 2021|Vox

British Dictionary definitions for phage (1 of 2)

phage

/ (feɪdʒ) /

noun

short for bacteriophage

British Dictionary definitions for phage (2 of 2)

-phage

n combining form

indicating something that eats or consumes something specifiedbacteriophage

Derived forms of -phage

-phagous, adj combining form

Word Origin for -phage

from Greek -phagos; see phago-

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Medical definitions for phage (1 of 2)

phage

[ fāj ]

bacteriophage

Medical definitions for phage (2 of 2)

-phage

suff.

One that eats:macrophage.