Definition of "phages" []

• Plural form of phage. (noun)

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• "Cloning of cellular DNA fragments in phages or plasmids may afford the necessary probes for carrying out significant experiments."
• "Texas A and M University researchers say information about such viral attackers, called phages or bacteriophages, might aid in the treatment of bacterial infections."
• "Cattle walking through a car-wash-like spray of bacteria-eating viruses called phages sounds more science fiction than feedlot, but it's actually in use across the USA."