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But the cholera bacteria is actually fighting a war on two fronts against the antibiotics used to treat it and against a virus that infects and kills the bacteria inside the human body. This week in science, Eric Nelson and colleagues write about this balance between bacteria, antibiotics, and a virus. Hi, Eric. Welcome to the Science Podcast.Great. So, this virus that attacks the cholera bacteria, it's called a phage.