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What’s Better: Simplicity or Standardization in Bacteriophage Nomenclature?

November 8, 2024 Raphael Hans Lwesya

Imagine you’re a scientist in the early 1900s, just discovering that tiny viruses can infect and destroy bacteria. You’re calling them “bacteriophages,” and it makes sense to name them based on their bacterial host. After…

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