Bacteriophage Lambda Tank Tops

Description: This illustration depicts bacteriophage lambda, a common and important virus whose host is the bacterium Escherichia coli. (E. coli).

Description: This pattern is composed of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria and archaeans). The bacteriophages (or phages) depicted are phage Lambda, and the t4 bacteriophage, both of which are important both to science and to terrestrial ecosystems.