Bacteriophage T-4 Kills E. coli Bacteria

[cellsalive]

Yes, it was a pure culture in log phase, hence you see some recently divided organisms. There are no cocci in there, but some of the rods are very short.

[jakubgt1]

It looked like several diplococcus bacteria lysed as well. Was this a pure culture of Escherichia coli?

[TheTphoenix1982]

sounded like popcorns:( popping out of pan

[moonchild24]

well i so recognize the escherichia second from the most left ive seen him before

he was all acting up in my salad the other day with his fancy shoes and hat

little did he know im hooked with about a billion of them

hes the traveler kinda coli always kicking fun chilling but lacks any sense of responsibility

it doesnt surprise me he showed up under your microscope

no doubt bout him i would recognize him miles away

not sure if he made it this time looking at the muscle of the bacteriophage

[flitzpiepensation]

@cellsalive Ok thank you! :-)

[BabyMelly]

Do they really explode?? or at least desintegrate or is that just an animation???

[cellsalive]

This is actual video footage of real E. coli infected with phage. So yes, the bacteria actually lyse. Time-lapse photography makes it appear more like explosions.

[BabyMelly]

@cellsalive That's amazing! Thank you so much for uploading this!

[flitzpiepensation]

Is it fast forward/slow motion or real time? Sry bad english

[cellsalive]

It's fast forward, 180X normal speed.

[SenfMann132]

Emo Bacteria

[MsTeleological]

i want this as my screensaver!!!

[DadsBlueAngel]

Salvador E. Luria was doing this in 1928/Italy as a measure of how polluted water was. (See his autobiography.)

[tall32guy]

That pop sound was cute and funny . :)

[Flawrey]

bam problem solved

[Pamela777Carlita]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

[markgg1]

love tje sound effects!

[Dankidus]

mmm bubblewrap :D

[7Row7enn7]

Awesome. T4's are a great blessing to humanity against bacterial diseases.

[ifritsparda]

It will be a great day in medical history when humans are able to use T4's to successfully destroy harmful antibiotic-resistant bacteria in large quantities.

[ptiftgt]

Have you watched "I am Legend" (starring Will Smith)?

I'm afraid viruses could harm us someday.

[tall32guy]

They already have, many times through history, and on a daily basis. LOL

[rbkfl]

wow you can actually see how the cell explodes, it would be awesome if you could also see multiple t4 getting out

[bill2nice]

lol

[Dastrax]

boom

[Sp3y3]

Cool