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Photo: Assistant Biology Professor Todd Lorenz, center front, poses with his students at the 每日大赛.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Todd Lorenz\u2019 research into groups of viruses \u2013 known as bacteriophage \u2013 has yielded not only a recently published study in the scientific journal eLife<\/em>, but it also led to the discovery of a bacteriophage that has La Verne written all over it.<\/p>\n

The Assistant Biology Professor says one of his students isolated a phage nicknamed \u201cLeo 1\u201d from soil beneath the ULV bushes on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe isolated that just recently,\u201d Lorenz said.<\/p>\n

The discovery is an extension of his work in the eLife<\/em> published study \u201cWhole Genome Comparison of a Large Collection of Mycobacteriophages Reveals a Continuum of Phage Genetic Diversity<\/a>,\u201d which was published April 28. The study was conducted by a consortium of universities, including thousands of undergraduate students.<\/p>\n

Bacteriophage, or phage, replicate within bacteria, and knowing more about them and how they are related to each other can contribute to the field of medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhage are a potential solution to the antibiotic resistance crisis as they are very specific predators of bacteria,\u201d Lorenz said.<\/p>\n

The authors compared genomes \u2013 complete DNA sequences – of 627 bacteriophage that infect bacterial species called Mycobacterium smegmatis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sequencing and analysis was performed using the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program out of UCLA. Lorenz, who helped develop SEA-PHAGES while teaching at UCLA, came to La Verne three years ago and continued his work.<\/p>\n

Authors of the study determined that the phage population is in a constant state of change, and continuously acquires genes from other microorganisms and viruses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a near endless supply of diverse viruses readily accessible for isolation and analyses, integrated research\/education programs will continue to play substantial roles in defining the nature of the virosphere,\u201d authors wrote.<\/p>\n

Lorenz hopes to involve more students in studying this area of virology for future publications due to the experience they would gain in experimentation, troubleshooting experiments and real scientific inquiry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 每日大赛 biology department understands this is a high impact practice and has developed many inquiry based projects in their laboratory courses,\u201d Lorenz said. \u201cThis is one of the things that made me think I was a good fit in the 每日大赛 biology department.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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