• Question: what were the 6 different viruses ?

    Asked by 578mcrk46 to Christopher, Ashley on 6 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by 977mcrk46, 855mcrk46, 923mcrk46, 484mcrk46.
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      Christopher Richardson answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      Good question! The viruses that I discovered are called Bacteriophages. They are special because they don’t infect humans they only infect and kill bacteria!
      Now bacteriophages have been around for a very long time and in fact were discovered in 1915, but the ones I discovered were able to kill a bacteria that is quickly becoming resistant to antibiotics (Staphylococcus lugdunensis) and will cause more disease! So its exciting because these new viruses might be the answer to antibiotic resistance!
      As for the viruses names they haven’t been officially approved but they are very simple, just my initials and a number (CR1-CR6).

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      Ashley Otter answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      I found 6 during my PTY and like Chris, they were also phages 🙂

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