Bacteriophages Invade E. coli Cells Until They Explode!

E. coli before and after attacks by bacteriophages

"Spaceship-like phages dock onto the receptor sites of a host bacterium cell and deploy a syringe-like device that penetrates the cell wall. They inject their own DNA into the host cell, transforming it into a phage-making factory. The cell assembles phages until it contains so many it explodes, releasing the next generation of phages to find new hosts." (The Californian.com) 

That was a description of what happens to E. coli when a cocktail of scientifically created bacteriophages invade the nuclei of E. coli. The destruction rate is over 99% which could be a breakthrough in the destruction of this potentially deadly bacteria. That, of course, was all done in a lab. Much more study needs to be done to see how this process will work in the real world. But if it does, E. coli could be on its way out.

(Read here for details, technical aspects and discussion of this new scientific discovery.)