The title of the volume is taken from a letter he wrote to contributors to Bacteriophage λ, published in 1971 (ref. 5). Urging the authors of the 52 essays to complete and return their ...

A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages ...