A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Research led by Lancaster University has discovered that a class of antibiotics—fluoroquinolones—can directly alter the ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists ...

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

In a first-of-its-kind lab study, scientists prove that probiotic bacteria stimulate immediate and measurable changes in brain cell function, hinting at a new direct communication between your gut and ...