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Health & Science1h 47m ago

An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts, which offers a powerful new tool for next-generation microbiome engineering.

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Rice University researchers, Lauren Stadler, James Chappell, Jonathan Silberg, Zachary LaTurner, Matthew Dysart, Samuel Schwartz, Elizabeth Zeng
What
An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts, which offers a powerful new tool for next-generation microbiome engineering.
When
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:20:00 GMT · 1h 47m ago
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Why
Scientists are increasingly interested in harnessing phages as alternatives to antibiotics and as tools for engineering microbiomes, but identifying which phages interact with which hosts in real-world microbial communities has been a long-standing challenge.
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This new RNA-based barcoding system from Rice University researchers enables scientists to identify which bacteria receive genetic material from bacteriophages, potentially accelerating the development of engineered phages for medicine, environmental remediation, and industrial biotechnology globally.

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